TRZ vs. PNC.A, WPRT, PNC.B, SRV.UN, CJR.B, SXP, ROOT, KEG.UN, DII.B, and TCL.B
Should you be buying Transat A.T. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transat A.T. include Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN), Corus Entertainment (CJR.B), Supremex (SXP), Roots (ROOT), Keg Royalties Income Fund (KEG.UN), Dorel Industries (DII.B), and Transcontinental (TCL.B). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Transat A.T. (TSE:TRZ) and Postmedia Network Canada (TSE:PNC.A) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Transat A.T. has a net margin of -0.94% compared to Postmedia Network Canada's net margin of -15.68%.
Transat A.T. currently has a consensus price target of C$3.29, indicating a potential downside of 7.13%. Given Transat A.T.'s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Transat A.T. is more favorable than Postmedia Network Canada.
Transat A.T. has higher revenue and earnings than Postmedia Network Canada. Transat A.T. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postmedia Network Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Transat A.T. received 171 more outperform votes than Postmedia Network Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.60% of users gave Postmedia Network Canada an outperform vote while only 45.12% of users gave Transat A.T. an outperform vote.
27.6% of Transat A.T. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Transat A.T. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Postmedia Network Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Transat A.T. has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postmedia Network Canada has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Transat A.T. had 3 more articles in the media than Postmedia Network Canada. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Transat A.T. and 0 mentions for Postmedia Network Canada. Transat A.T.'s average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Postmedia Network Canada's score of 0.00 indicating that Transat A.T. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Transat A.T. beats Postmedia Network Canada on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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