transcontinental

Advertisers continue to shift their spending from print publications to online publications. As a result, traditional media companies Transcontinental and Torstar continue to expand into new areas in order to shore up their revenue.


However, we feel Transcontinental is better positioned to profit from its new businesses than the struggling Torstar.


TRANSCONTINENTAL INC....

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $24 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Cyclical-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 77.0 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Dividend yield: 3.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) is Canada’s leading printer of advertising flyers, magazines, books and newspapers....

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $23 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 77.4 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 3.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) is Canada’s leading printer of advertising flyers, magazines, books and newspapers....

These two information providers continue to adapt their businesses to better compete with providers of free online data. Recent cost cutting should also give them more room to further raise their dividends.


THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $59 (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 734.7 million; Market cap: $43.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.6; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters....

TORSTAR $1.68 (Toronto symbol TS.B; Shares outstanding: 80.6 million; Market cap: $133.2 million; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.0%; www.torstar.com) has now sold the land and buildings of its former printing facility in Vaughan, Ontario, just outside Toronto.


Earlier this year, the company closed the plant and outsourced the printing of The Toronto Star—its flagship newspaper—to Transcontinental Inc....

Tax-loss selling (or tax-loss harvesting) is a strategy investors use to lower their capital gains tax. When investors take part in tax-loss selling, they sell a security at a loss in order to offset capital gains....

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $66 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 404.5 million; Market cap: $26.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSI Network Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) recently agreed to acquire QHR Corp....

TD BANK $58.18 (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $108.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.td.com) has acquired Albert Fried & Co., a small brokerage firm based in New York City. The bank has yet to reveal the purchase price....

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $62 (Toronto symbol QSR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 460.9 million; Market cap: $28.6 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 3.6; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.rbi.com) is the world’s thirdlargest fast-food operator, after McDonald’s (No....

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $18 (Toronto symbol TCL.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 78.1 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tctranscontinental.com) is Canada’s leading printer of flyers, magazines, newspapers and books....