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Transcontinental (TCL.B) Competitors

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C$17.00 +0.01 (+0.06%)
(As of 09:47 AM ET)

TCL.B vs. Y, PNC.A, PNC.B, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, TCL.A, PLC, and CTC

Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include 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), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Park Lawn (PLC), and Canadian Tire (CTC).

Transcontinental vs.

Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) and Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Transcontinental has higher revenue and earnings than Yellow Pages. Yellow Pages 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
Yellow PagesC$224.79M0.67C$38.30MC$2.444.53
TranscontinentalC$2.84B0.08C$115.10MC$1.3312.78

84.5% of Yellow Pages shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Yellow Pages has a net margin of 17.04% compared to Transcontinental's net margin of 4.05%. Yellow Pages' return on equity of 52.88% beat Transcontinental's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yellow Pages17.04% 52.88% 15.88%
Transcontinental 4.05%6.16%4.34%

Yellow Pages pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Yellow Pages pays out 41.0% 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. Yellow Pages is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Yellow Pages had 7 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Yellow Pages and 0 mentions for Transcontinental. Yellow Pages' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.00 indicating that Yellow Pages is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Yellow Pages Positive
Transcontinental Neutral

Yellow Pages received 96 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 54.38% of users gave Yellow Pages an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Yellow PagesOutperform Votes
149
54.38%
Underperform Votes
125
45.62%
TranscontinentalOutperform Votes
53
66.25%
Underperform Votes
27
33.75%

Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% 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.

Summary

Yellow Pages beats Transcontinental on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TCL.B vs. The Competition

MetricTranscontinentalPublishing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$227.12MC$1.10BC$2.37BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield5.13%6.57%4.38%5.31%
P/E Ratio12.781,029.38383.4526.74
Price / Sales0.08165.38360.171,510.91
Price / Cash53.2822.7325.1682.77
Price / Book0.772.263.093.14
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$58.55MC$257.93MC$294.89M
7 Day Performance0.35%-0.83%-0.97%0.87%
1 Month Performance-4.33%1.08%-2.78%12.84%
1 Year Performance42.50%19.23%11.81%43.96%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$17.00
+0.1%
N/A+51.0%C$227.12MC$2.84B12.789,000
Y
Yellow Pages
0.7267 of 5 stars
C$11.35
+2.9%
C$10.50
-7.5%
-1.5%C$153.91MC$224.79M4.52627Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.25
flat
N/AN/AC$123.52MC$404.05M-2.162,834
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.20
flat
N/A-5.5%C$118.51MC$404.05M-2.072,834
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$0.16
-5.9%
N/A+54.5%C$20.98MC$146.68M-0.241,198Gap 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
2.6874 of 5 stars
C$17.05
+1.1%
C$20.50
+20.2%
+50.6%C$1.22BC$2.84B12.689,000
PLC
Park Lawn
1.3467 of 5 stars
N/AC$24.92
+∞
N/AC$904.82MC$331M-94.572,178
CTC
Canadian Tire
N/AC$233.56
+5.1%
N/A-13.3%C$798.78MC$16.35B32.4514,322Gap Up

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This page (TSE:TCL.B) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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