SizeTranscontinental (TCL-A.TO) is a Canada Communication Services company (Publishing: Newspapers) with a market value of $338M, the 407th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$5.54 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.4%, against +3.6% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 8 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 43.1% over the last twelve months (peer median -0.2%); the operating margin is 11.0% (peer median 5.6%).
Valuation It trades at 5.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.8× (cheapest of 4).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.9 points above its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
Relative performance
Six months, rebased to 100: Transcontinental against the median of its 7 peers (local-currency closes).
Transcontinental financials
Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-10-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Transcontinental is the large dot.
Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Transcontinental is the large dot.
Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Transcontinental is the large dot.
Transcontinental competitors and peer comparison
How Transcontinental compares with its peers
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
Transcontinental against its 7 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure
TCL-A.TO
Peer median
Rank in peer set
1-month return
+4.7%
-0.2%
2nd highest of 8
6-month return
-0.4%
+3.6%
4th lowest of 8
Distance from 52-week high
-78.4%
-9.9%
lowest of 8
Revenue growth (TTM)
-43.1%
-0.2%
lowest of 8
Operating margin
11.0%
5.6%
3rd highest of 8
Forward P/E
5.0×
15.8×
cheapest of 4
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)
-12.6%
1.1%
least demanding of 8
Growth delivered (Del g)
+1.3%
+1.0%
3rd highest of 8
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)
-13.9 pp
+4.5 pp
least demanding of 8
ROIC minus cost of capital
+7.9 pp
-1.2 pp
2nd highest of 7
EV / EBITDA
3.2×
8.7×
cheapest of 6
Net debt / EBITDA
1.5×
0.8×
2nd most indebted of 6
Peer table
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
Which companies are Transcontinental's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Caltagirone Editore (CED.MI), Polaris Media (POL.OL), RCS MediaGroup (RCS.MI), Zhejiang Huamei (000607.SZ), Daily Journal (DJCO), USA TODAY (TDAY), Alma Media (ALMA.HE).
Is Transcontinental expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 5.0× against a peer median of 15.8×, cheapest of 4 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Transcontinental stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -0.4% against +3.6% for the median peer; over one year -71.3%.