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Transcontinental (TCL.B) Competitors

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C$19.01 -0.26 (-1.35%)
As of 08/1/2025 09:40 AM Eastern

TCL.B vs. PNC.A, Y, PNC.B, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, TCL.A, CCL.A, and CAS

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

Transcontinental vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Transcontinental had 1 more articles in the media than Postmedia Network Canada. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Transcontinental and 0 mentions for Postmedia Network Canada. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Postmedia Network Canada'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Transcontinental Neutral
Postmedia Network Canada Neutral

Transcontinental has higher revenue and earnings than Postmedia Network Canada. Postmedia Network Canada 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$2.84B0.09C$115.10MC$1.3314.29
Postmedia Network CanadaC$404.05M0.37-C$57.63M-C$0.58-2.62

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

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

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

Summary

Transcontinental beats Postmedia Network Canada on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TCL.B and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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TCL.B vs. The Competition

MetricTranscontinentalPublishing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$253.97MC$1.43BC$3.39BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield5.13%7.09%3.55%6.72%
P/E Ratio14.299.6768.6263.43
Price / Sales0.0974.3870.051,251.00
Price / Cash53.2815.7131.1683.29
Price / Book0.861.303.704.87
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$59.19MC$264.31MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-5.75%-0.57%-2.03%-2.26%
1 Month Performance-8.03%0.56%-0.24%0.81%
1 Year PerformanceN/A1.50%1,793.69%26.63%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$19.01
-1.3%
N/A+15.9%C$253.97MC$2.84B14.299,000
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.52
flat
N/AN/AC$150.20MC$404.05M-2.622,834
Y
Yellow Pages
0.9808 of 5 stars
C$10.87
+1.6%
C$10.50
-3.4%
+15.4%C$149.64MC$222.65M4.30627
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.50
+3.4%
N/A+11.9%C$148.14MC$404.05M-2.592,834Gap Up
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$0.15
+25.0%
N/A+78.9%C$19.67MC$146.68M-0.211,198News Coverage
Gap Up
LM
Lingo Media
N/AC$0.10
+11.1%
N/A+0.0%C$3.55MC$2.60M10.003,066Gap Up
TCL.A
Transcontinental
2.3113 of 5 stars
C$19.94
-1.1%
C$23.71
+18.9%
+17.2%C$1.42BC$2.84B14.999,000
CCL.A
CCL Industries
N/AC$79.79
flat
N/A+3.1%C$937.53MC$6.94B21.2221,000
CAS
Cascades
3.5248 of 5 stars
C$9.24
-0.9%
C$11.40
+23.4%
-7.3%C$934.64MC$4.64B-12.4611,000

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This page (TSE:TCL.B) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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