Transcontinental Valuation

Is TCL.A undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of TCL.A when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: TCL.A (CA$17.11) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$56.82)

Significantly Below Fair Value: TCL.A is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for TCL.A?

Key metric: As TCL.A is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for TCL.A. This is calculated by dividing TCL.A's market cap by their current earnings.
What is TCL.A's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12.6x
EarningsCA$115.10m
Market CapCA$1.45b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does TCL.A's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for TCL.A vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.6x
WPK Winpak
15.1x6.3%CA$3.1b
RPI.UN Richards Packaging Income Fund
8.5xn/aCA$317.1m
CCL.B CCL Industries
19.6x8.4%CA$13.8b
AFM Alphamin Resources
15.1xn/aCA$1.5b
TCL.A Transcontinental
12.6x8.6%CA$1.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: TCL.A is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the peer average (14.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does TCL.A's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Packaging Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TCL.A 12.6xIndustry Avg. 19.7xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: TCL.A is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the North American Packaging industry average (19.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is TCL.A's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

TCL.A PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.6x
Fair PE Ratio13.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: TCL.A is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst TCL.A forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$17.11
CA$20.67
+20.8%
8.6%CA$23.50CA$18.00n/a6
Nov ’25CA$17.20
CA$20.67
+20.2%
8.6%CA$23.50CA$18.00n/a6
Oct ’25CA$17.55
CA$20.50
+16.8%
9.1%CA$23.50CA$18.00n/a6
Sep ’25CA$16.79
CA$20.08
+19.6%
11.8%CA$23.50CA$16.50n/a6
Aug ’25CA$16.39
CA$20.08
+22.5%
11.8%CA$23.50CA$16.50n/a6
Jul ’25CA$15.12
CA$20.08
+32.8%
11.8%CA$23.50CA$16.50n/a6
Jun ’25CA$13.69
CA$19.08
+39.4%
13.0%CA$23.00CA$15.50n/a6
May ’25CA$13.86
CA$19.08
+37.7%
13.0%CA$23.00CA$15.50n/a6
Apr ’25CA$14.59
CA$19.08
+30.8%
13.0%CA$23.00CA$15.50n/a6
Mar ’25CA$14.24
CA$18.00
+26.4%
14.3%CA$21.50CA$14.00n/a6
Feb ’25CA$13.70
CA$17.70
+29.2%
15.3%CA$21.50CA$14.00n/a5
Jan ’25CA$13.70
CA$17.50
+27.7%
16.4%CA$21.50CA$14.00n/a5
Dec ’24CA$11.48
CA$17.10
+49.0%
10.5%CA$19.50CA$15.00n/a5
Nov ’24CA$10.32
CA$17.10
+65.7%
10.5%CA$19.50CA$15.00CA$17.205
Oct ’24CA$11.41
CA$17.30
+51.6%
9.9%CA$19.50CA$15.00CA$17.555
Sep ’24CA$13.47
CA$18.80
+39.6%
13.2%CA$23.00CA$16.00CA$16.795
Aug ’24CA$13.25
CA$18.80
+41.9%
13.2%CA$23.00CA$16.00CA$16.395
Jul ’24CA$14.66
CA$18.80
+28.2%
13.2%CA$23.00CA$16.00CA$15.125
Jun ’24CA$14.20
CA$18.40
+29.6%
13.6%CA$23.00CA$16.00CA$13.695
May ’24CA$14.68
CA$18.40
+25.3%
13.6%CA$23.00CA$16.00CA$13.865
Apr ’24CA$14.03
CA$18.20
+29.7%
14.5%CA$23.00CA$16.00CA$14.595
Mar ’24CA$15.93
CA$21.00
+31.8%
12.4%CA$25.00CA$18.00CA$14.245
Feb ’24CA$15.08
CA$21.00
+39.3%
12.4%CA$25.00CA$18.00CA$13.705
Jan ’24CA$15.28
CA$21.50
+40.7%
10.3%CA$25.00CA$18.00CA$13.706
Dec ’23CA$17.00
CA$21.50
+26.5%
8.8%CA$24.00CA$18.00CA$11.486
Nov ’23CA$15.40
CA$21.67
+40.7%
9.1%CA$24.00CA$18.00CA$10.326

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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