TCL.A
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. (Toronto symbol TCL.A; www.tctranscontinental.com) is the largest commercial printer in Canada and the fourth-largest in North America. It also publishes newspapers and magazines.
Transcontinental also has over 1,000 websites, which supply 16% of its total revenue. These websites will become more important to this blue chip stock’s growth in the next few years as advertisers spend more on the …read more »
Transcontinental Inc., Toronto symbol TCL.A, is the largest commercial printer in Canada, and the fourth largest in North America. It also publishes newspapers and magazines, and has over 1,000 web sites.
In the three months ended July 31, 2011, Transcontinental’s revenue rose 2.3%, to $492.6 million from $481.3 million a year earlier. The company has won a number of new printing …read more »
Transcontinental Inc., Toronto symbol TCL.A, is the largest commercial printer in Canada and Mexico, and the fourth-largest in North America. It also publishes newspapers and magazines.
Transcontinental is one of the income investing stocks we analyze in our flagship newsletter, The Successful Investor.
Transcontinental also has over 300 web sites. These web sites will become more important to the company’s growth in …read more »
Torstar and Transcontinental should continue to benefit from rising advertising revenue as the economy improves. As well, both companies have bought new, efficient presses that have lowered their operating costs. Moreover, both are cheap in relation to their earnings.
TORSTAR CORP. $15 (Toronto symbol TS.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 79.1 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; …read more »
Transcontinental Inc., symbol TCL.A on Toronto, is the largest commercial printer in Canada and Mexico, and the fourth-largest in North America. It also publishes newspapers and magazines.
Transcontinental also has over 250 web sites. These web sites will become more important to the Canadian stock’s growth in the next few years, as advertisers spend more on the Internet than print …read more »
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $16 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 80.8 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.transcontinental.com) is the largest commercial printer in Canada and Mexico, and the fourth-largest in North America. This business provides 65% of its revenue and earnings. The company also publishes newspapers and magazines …read more »
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $12 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 80.8 million; Market cap: $969.6 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend yield: 2.7%; SI Rating: Average) is the largest commercial printer in Canada, and the sixth-largest in North America. This business provides 60% of its revenue and profit. The company also publishes newspapers and magazines (25% of revenue, …read more »
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $8.50 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 80.8 million; Market cap: $686.8 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; SI Rating: Average) now trades at just 5.1 times its forward earnings estimate of $1.66 a share. That’s mainly because advertisers are shifting away from traditional direct mail services to the Internet. Direct marketing accounts for 50% of …read more »
Transcontinental has dropped roughly 40% in the past three months, as the turmoil in credit markets has hurt its direct mail operations. Lower advertising spending has also weighed on its publishing business. However, the company is doing a good job controlling costs and expanding its Internet businesses. That should help it cope with the current downturn.
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $8.50 (Toronto symbol …read more »
ARBOR MEMORIAL SERVICES INC. $25 (Toronto symbol ABO.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 10.7 million; Market cap: $267.5 million; SI Rating: Average) owns 41 cemeteries, 27 crematoria, four reception centres located on cemetery premises, and 88 funeral homes in eight provinces. It earned $0.54 a share in its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2008, up 35.0% from …read more »
