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Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B) Competitors

C$1.01 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 02/21/2025

PNC.B vs. TCL.B, Y, PNC.A, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, TCL.A, WILD, and FORA

Should you be buying Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC include Transcontinental (TCL.B), Yellow Pages (Y), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), GVIC Communications (GCT), Torstar (TS.B), Glacier Media (GVC), Lingo Media (LM), Transcontinental (TCL.A), WildBrain (WILD), and VerticalScope (FORA).

Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC vs.

Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) and Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (TSE:PNC.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

93.8% of Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC shares are held by institutional investors. 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Transcontinental has a net margin of 4.05% compared to Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC's net margin of -14.26%. Transcontinental's return on equity of 6.16% beat Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Transcontinental4.05% 6.16% 4.34%
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC -14.26%N/A -6.65%

In the previous week, Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Transcontinental Neutral
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC Neutral

Transcontinental has higher revenue and earnings than Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC. Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TranscontinentalC$2.84B0.08C$115.10MC$1.3313.18
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NCC$404.05M0.25-C$57.63M-C$0.58-1.74

Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC received 7 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TranscontinentalOutperform Votes
53
66.25%
Underperform Votes
27
33.75%
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NCOutperform Votes
60
56.07%
Underperform Votes
47
43.93%

Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Transcontinental beats Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PNC.B vs. The Competition

MetricPostmedia Network Canada Corp Class NCPublishing IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$99.75MC$1.56BC$3.39BC$5.69B
Dividend YieldN/A7.09%6.70%6.47%
P/E Ratio-1.7410.1624.7830.21
Price / Sales0.2587.69173.94478.37
Price / Cash12.1315.7116.0082.56
Price / Book-0.311.464.723.83
Net Income-C$57.63MC$59.19MC$139.50MC$297.76M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.70%4.47%-1.07%
1 Month Performance-22.90%-2.01%13.07%1.41%
1 Year Performance-19.84%14.22%20.89%38.28%

Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.01
flat
N/AN/AC$99.75MC$404.05M-1.742,834Gap Down
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$17.37
-2.2%
N/AN/AC$232.06MC$2.84B13.069,000
Y
Yellow Pages
0.7788 of 5 stars
C$11.20
+0.4%
C$10.50
-6.2%
+7.4%C$151.87MC$224.79M4.59627Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.15
flat
N/AN/AC$113.64MC$404.05M-1.982,834
GCT
GVIC Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$105.15MC$156.19M-4.93680Gap Up
TS.B
Torstar
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$60.19MC$455.51M-0.893,070Gap Down
GVC
Glacier Media
N/AC$0.14
-6.7%
N/A+27.3%C$18.36MC$146.68M-0.191,198Gap Down
LM
Lingo Media
N/AC$0.10
+11.1%
N/A+0.0%C$3.55MC$2.60M10.003,066Gap Up
TCL.A
Transcontinental
2.564 of 5 stars
C$17.33
-0.9%
C$22.21
+28.2%
+24.1%C$1.24BC$2.84B13.039,000High Trading Volume
WILD
WildBrain
0.3623 of 5 stars
C$1.86
+5.7%
C$1.58
-15.3%
+85.7%C$383.38MC$461.82M-3.65548High Trading Volume
FORA
VerticalScope
1.1954 of 5 stars
C$14.00
+1.1%
C$15.59
+11.3%
+188.4%C$260.68MC$64.77M200.00140

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This page (TSE:PNC.B) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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