TCL.B vs. Y, PNC.A, PNC.B, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, TCL.A, CAS, and MTY
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), Cascades (CAS), and MTY Food Group (MTY).
Transcontinental vs. Its Competitors
Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) and Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) are both small-cap publishing industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Yellow Pages has a net margin of 15.71% compared to Transcontinental's net margin of 4.05%. Yellow Pages' return on equity of 63.35% beat Transcontinental's return on equity.
In the previous week, Yellow Pages had 2 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Yellow Pages and 0 mentions for Transcontinental. Yellow Pages' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.00 indicating that Yellow Pages is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Yellow Pages pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Transcontinental pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yellow Pages pays out 39.5% 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.
Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
84.5% of Yellow Pages shares are held by institutional investors. 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Yellow Pages beats Transcontinental on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (TSE:TCL.B) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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