Diversified Royalty (DIV) Competitors

Acasta Enterprises (TSE:AEF) and Diversified Royalty (TSE:DIV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AEF or DIV?

14.9% of Diversified Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diversified Royalty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AEF or DIV a better dividend stock?

Acasta Enterprises pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Diversified Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Acasta Enterprises pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diversified Royalty pays out 113.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AEF or DIV?

Diversified Royalty received 65 more outperform votes than Acasta Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.66% of users gave Acasta Enterprises an outperform vote while only 68.15% of users gave Diversified Royalty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acasta Enterprises	Outperform Votes 134 71.66%	Underperform Votes 53 28.34%
Diversified Royalty	Outperform Votes 199 68.15%	Underperform Votes 93 31.85%

Is AEF or DIV more profitable?

Diversified Royalty has a net margin of 54.93% compared to Diversified Royalty's net margin of 0.00%. Acasta Enterprises' return on equity of 12.42% beat Diversified Royalty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acasta Enterprises	N/A	N/A	N/A
Diversified Royalty	54.93%	12.42%	6.50%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AEF or DIV?

Diversified Royalty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Acasta Enterprises. Acasta Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diversified Royalty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acasta Enterprises	C$172.17M	0.00	-C$2.21M	-C$0.03	N/A
Diversified Royalty	C$59.23M	7.57	C$32.54M	C$0.22	12.36

Does the media prefer AEF or DIV?

In the previous week, Diversified Royalty had 1 more articles in the media than Acasta Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Diversified Royalty and 1 mentions for Acasta Enterprises. Acasta Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Diversified Royalty's score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acasta Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Diversified Royalty	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer AEF or DIV?

Diversified Royalty has a consensus target price of C$3.47, indicating a potential upside of 27.45%.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acasta Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Diversified Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Diversified Royalty beats Acasta Enterprises on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.