TCL.A vs. TCL.B, Y, PNC.A, PNC.B, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, BYD, and BYD.UN
Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include Transcontinental (TCL.B), Yellow Pages (Y), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), GVIC Communications (GCT), Torstar (TS.B), Glacier Media (GVC), Lingo Media (LM), Boyd Group Services (BYD), and Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN).
Transcontinental vs.
Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.A) and Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Transcontinental pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Transcontinental pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
38.3% of Transcontinental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Transcontinental shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Transcontinental had 2 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Transcontinental and 0 mentions for Transcontinental. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.00 indicating that Transcontinental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Transcontinental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Transcontinental currently has a consensus target price of C$20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.52%. Given Transcontinental's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Transcontinental is more favorable than Transcontinental.
Transcontinental received 194 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote.
Summary
Transcontinental beats Transcontinental on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:TCL.A) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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