PNC-A Fundamental Analysis - POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR

Fundamental Rating

Overall PNC-A gets a fundamental rating of 1 out of 10. We evaluated PNC-A against 13 industry peers in the Media industry. PNC-A may be in some trouble as it scores bad on both profitability and health. PNC-A has a expensive valuation and it also scores bad on growth.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

PNC-A had negative earnings in the past year.

PNC-A had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.

In the past 5 years PNC-A reported 4 times negative net income.

In multiple years PNC-A reported negative operating cash flow during the last 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

PNC-A's Return On Assets of -60.34% is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. PNC-A is outperformed by 92.31% of its industry peers.

PNC-A's Return On Invested Capital of 13.62% is amongst the best of the industry. PNC-A outperforms 92.31% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-60.34%
ROE	N/A
ROIC	13.62%

ROA(3y)-45.51%

ROA(5y)-31.93%

ROE(3y)N/A

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

The Operating Margin of PNC-A (2.33%) is comparable to the rest of the industry.

In the last couple of years the Operating Margin of PNC-A has declined.

The Gross Margin of PNC-A (52.79%) is better than 76.92% of its industry peers.

In the last couple of years the Gross Margin of PNC-A has declined.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	2.33%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	52.79%

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5Y-22.3%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-2.23%

GM growth 5YN/A

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

The Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is well above the Cost of Capital (WACC), so PNC-A is creating value.

PNC-A has about the same amout of shares outstanding than it did 1 year ago.

Compared to 5 years ago, PNC-A has more shares outstanding

Compared to 1 year ago, PNC-A has a worse debt to assets ratio.

2.2 Solvency

Based on the Altman-Z score of -9.88, we must say that PNC-A is in the distress zone and has some risk of bankruptcy.

With a Altman-Z score value of -9.88, PNC-A is not doing good in the industry: 92.31% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.

PNC-A has a debt to FCF ratio of 43.80. This is a negative value and a sign of low solvency as PNC-A would need 43.80 years to pay back of all of its debts.

PNC-A has a worse Debt to FCF ratio (43.80) than 61.54% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	N/A
Debt/FCF	43.8
Altman-Z	-9.88

ROIC/WACC3.96

WACC3.44%

2.3 Liquidity

PNC-A has a Current Ratio of 0.90. This is a bad value and indicates that PNC-A is not financially healthy enough and could expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.

PNC-A has a Current ratio (0.90) which is comparable to the rest of the industry.

A Quick Ratio of 0.88 indicates that PNC-A may have some problems paying its short term obligations.

PNC-A's Quick ratio of 0.88 is in line compared to the rest of the industry. PNC-A outperforms 46.15% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	0.9
Quick Ratio	0.88

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The earnings per share for PNC-A have decreased strongly by -55.32% in the last year.

The Revenue has grown by 8.98% in the past year. This is quite good.

Measured over the past years, PNC-A shows a decrease in Revenue. The Revenue has been decreasing by -3.23% on average per year.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-55.32%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-1350.8%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)8.98%

Revenue growth 3Y-1.98%

Revenue growth 5Y-3.23%

Sales Q2Q%8.66%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

PNC-A reported negative earnings for the last year, which makes the Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

The rest of the industry has a similar Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio as PNC-A.

Compared to the rest of the industry, the Price/Free Cash Flow ratio of PNC-A indicates a somewhat cheap valuation: PNC-A is cheaper than 61.54% of the companies listed in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	10.61
EV/EBITDA	20.07

4.3 Compensation for Growth

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

No dividends for PNC-A!.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	0%

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POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR

TSX:PNC-A (1/8/2026, 7:00:00 PM)

1.01

0 (0%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorCommunication Services

GICS IndustryGroupMedia & Entertainment

GICS IndustryMedia

Earnings (Last)10-17 2025-10-17

Earnings (Next)01-07 2026-01-07

Inst OwnersN/A

Inst Owner ChangeN/A

Ins Owners76.13%

Ins Owner ChangeN/A

Market Cap100.03M

Revenue(TTM)431.48M

Net Income(TTM)-77.25M

Analysts37.14

Price TargetN/A

Short Float %N/A

Short RatioN/A

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	0%

Yearly DividendN/A

Dividend Growth(5Y)N/A

DPN/A

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)N/A

Avg EPS beat(2)N/A

Min EPS beat(2)N/A

Max EPS beat(2)N/A

EPS beat(4)N/A

Avg EPS beat(4)N/A

Min EPS beat(4)N/A

Max EPS beat(4)N/A

EPS beat(8)N/A

Avg EPS beat(8)N/A

EPS beat(12)N/A

Avg EPS beat(12)N/A

EPS beat(16)N/A

Avg EPS beat(16)N/A

Revenue beat(2)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(2)N/A

Min Revenue beat(2)N/A

Max Revenue beat(2)N/A

Revenue beat(4)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(4)N/A

Min Revenue beat(4)N/A

Max Revenue beat(4)N/A

Revenue beat(8)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(8)N/A

Revenue beat(12)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(12)N/A

Revenue beat(16)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(16)N/A

PT rev (1m)N/A

PT rev (3m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (1m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (3m)N/A

EPS NY rev (1m)N/A

EPS NY rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (3m)N/A

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	0.23
P/FCF	10.61
P/OCF	8.33
P/B	N/A
P/tB	N/A
EV/EBITDA	20.07

EPS(TTM)-0.78

EYN/A

EPS(NY)N/A

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)0.1

FCFY9.43%

OCF(TTM)0.12

OCFY12.01%

SpS4.36

BVpS-4.03

TBVpS-4.18

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Graham NumberN/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-60.34%
ROE	N/A
ROCE	20.26%
ROIC	13.62%
ROICexc	14.52%
ROICexgc	20.96%
OM	2.33%
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	52.79%
FCFM	2.19%

ROA(3y)-45.51%

ROA(5y)-31.93%

ROE(3y)N/A

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

ROICexc(3y)N/A

ROICexc(5y)N/A

ROICexgc(3y)N/A

ROICexgc(5y)N/A

ROCE(3y)N/A

ROCE(5y)N/A

ROICexgc growth 3YN/A

ROICexgc growth 5Y-0.98%

ROICexc growth 3YN/A

ROICexc growth 5Y-3%

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5Y-22.3%

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-2.23%

GM growth 5YN/A

F-Score4

Asset Turnover3.37

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	N/A
Debt/FCF	43.8
Debt/EBITDA	16.07
Cap/Depr	17.03%
Cap/Sales	0.6%
Interest Coverage	3.09
Cash Conversion	47.63%
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	0.9
Quick Ratio	0.88
Altman-Z	-9.88

F-Score4

WACC3.44%

ROIC/WACC3.96

Cap/Depr(3y)10.97%

Cap/Depr(5y)12.28%

Cap/Sales(3y)0.45%

Cap/Sales(5y)0.53%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)-55.32%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-1350.8%

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)8.98%

Revenue growth 3Y-1.98%

Revenue growth 5Y-3.23%

Sales Q2Q%8.66%

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y372%

EBIT growth 3YN/A

EBIT growth 5Y-24.81%

EBIT Next YearN/A

EBIT Next 3YN/A

EBIT Next 5YN/A

FCF growth 1Y149.96%

FCF growth 3YN/A

FCF growth 5Y-25.74%

OCF growth 1Y170.64%

OCF growth 3YN/A

OCF growth 5Y-23.15%

POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR / PNC-A.CA FAQ

What is the ChartMill fundamental rating of POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR (PNC-A.CA) stock?

ChartMill assigns a fundamental rating of 2 / 10 to PNC-A.CA.

What is the valuation status of POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR (PNC-A.CA) stock?

ChartMill assigns a valuation rating of 1 / 10 to POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR (PNC-A.CA). This can be considered as Overvalued.

Can you provide the profitability details for POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR?

POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR (PNC-A.CA) has a profitability rating of 2 / 10.

What is the financial health of POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR (PNC-A.CA) stock?

The financial health rating of POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR (PNC-A.CA) is 2 / 10.

POSTMEDIA NETWORK CANADA COR (PNC-A.CA) Stock Fundamental Analysis

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

1.2 Ratios

1.3 Margins

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

2.2 Solvency

2.3 Liquidity

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

3.2 Future

3.3 Evolution

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

4.2 Price Multiples

4.3 Compensation for Growth

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

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