TCL.B vs. PNC.B, PNC.A, DII.B, GH, KEG.UN, TRZ, WPRT, XTC, CKI, and SRV.UN
Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Dorel Industries (DII.B), Gamehost (GH), Keg Royalties Income Fund (KEG.UN), Transat A.T. (TRZ), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Exco Technologies (XTC), Clarke (CKI), and SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) and Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (TSE:PNC.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Transcontinental had 3 more articles in the media than Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Transcontinental and 0 mentions for Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC. Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Transcontinental's score of -1.00 indicating that Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.8% of Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC shares are held by institutional investors. 94.0% of Transcontinental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Transcontinental has higher revenue and earnings than Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC. Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Transcontinental has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC received 7 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC an outperform vote.
Transcontinental has a net margin of 3.39% compared to Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC's net margin of -16.07%. Transcontinental's return on equity of 5.30% beat Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC's return on equity.
Summary
Transcontinental beats Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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