Transcontinental (TCL.A) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. This segment serves dairy, coffee, meat and poultry, pet food, agriculture, beverage, confectionery, industrial, and consumer product markets, as well as supermarkets. The Printing segment provides integrated services for retailers, including premedia services, flyer and in-store marketing product printing, and door-to-door distribution, as well as print solutions for newspapers, magazines, four-color books, and personalized and mass marketing products. The Media segment is involved in printing and digital publishing of newspapers, educational books, and specialized publications for professionals in French and English. Transcontinental Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$16.69 to C$16.99
• 50-Day Range: C$16.40 to C$17.97
• 52-Week Range: C$10.81 to C$18.08
• Volume: 148,623 shs
• Average Volume: 153,794 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$1.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.68
• Dividend Yield: 5.33%
• Price Target: C$20.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Transcontinental Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Transcontinental scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Transcontinental has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Transcontinental has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Transcontinental is 12.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 127.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Transcontinental is 12.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 384.07.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Transcontinental has a PEG Ratio of 6.05. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Transcontinental has a P/B Ratio of 0.76. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for TCL.A.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Transcontinental is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.10%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Transcontinental does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Transcontinental is 67.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for TCL.A.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

Transcontinental has a news sentiment score of 0.96. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.37 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Transcontinental this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for TCL.A on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 600% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Transcontinental insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.25% of the stock of Transcontinental is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 38.34% of the stock of Transcontinental is held by institutions.

TCL.A Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have TCL.A shares performed this year?

Transcontinental's stock was trading at C$13.70 at the start of the year. Since then, TCL.A shares have increased by 23.1% and is now trading at C$16.87.
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How were Transcontinental's earnings last quarter?

Transcontinental Inc. (TSE:TCL.A) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, June, 6th. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.03. Transcontinental had a net margin of 4.05% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.16%.

How do I buy shares of Transcontinental?

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Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/06/2014
• Today: 11/21/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Publishing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: TSE:TCL.A
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: tctranscontinental.com
• Phone: +1-514-9544000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 9,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: C$20.50
• High Stock Price Target: C$23.50
• Low Stock Price Target: C$18.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): C$1.33
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.68
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.91
• P/E Growth: 6.05
• Net Income: C$115.10 million
• Net Margins: 4.05%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.16%
• Return on Assets: 4.34%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 54.12
• Current Ratio: 1.49
• Quick Ratio: 1.09

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$2.84 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.42
• Cash Flow: C$0.32 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 53.34
• Book Value: C$22.08 per share
• Price / Book: 0.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 71,330,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$1.20 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.98