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Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.A) Stock Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

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Shares of Transcontinental Inc. (TSE:TCL.A - Get Free Report) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of C$17.29 and traded as high as C$17.50. Transcontinental shares last traded at C$17.39, with a volume of 83,942 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. TD Securities set a C$23.00 price objective on Transcontinental and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Transcontinental from C$19.50 to C$22.00 in a research note on Friday, December 13th. National Bankshares raised their target price on shares of Transcontinental from C$21.00 to C$23.00 in a research note on Friday, December 13th. CIBC boosted their target price on shares of Transcontinental from C$20.00 to C$21.00 in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price objective on Transcontinental from C$22.00 to C$23.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of C$22.21.

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Transcontinental Stock Performance

The stock has a 50 day moving average price of C$18.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$17.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 54.12, a current ratio of 1.49 and a quick ratio of 1.09. The company has a market capitalization of C$1.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.05 and a beta of 0.98.

About Transcontinental

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Transcontinental Inc engages in flexible packaging business in Canada, the United States, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. It operates through three segments: Packaging, Printing, and Media. The Packaging segment engages in extrusion, lamination, printing, and converting activities, as well as offers flexible plastic and paper products, including rollstock, bags and pouches, coextruded films, shrink films and bags, and advanced coatings.

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