Tidewater Renewables (LCFS) Competitors

Tidewater Renewables (TSE:LCFS) and Altius Renewable Royalties (TSE:ARR) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LCFS or ARR?

8.1% of Tidewater Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of Tidewater Renewables shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer LCFS or ARR?

Tidewater Renewables currently has a consensus price target of C$12.31, indicating a potential upside of 53.91%. Altius Renewable Royalties has a consensus price target of C$11.90, indicating a potential upside of 30.34%. Given Tidewater Renewables' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tidewater Renewables is more favorable than Altius Renewable Royalties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tidewater Renewables	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Altius Renewable Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Is LCFS or ARR more profitable?

Tidewater Renewables has a net margin of -6.25% compared to Altius Renewable Royalties' net margin of -227.79%. Altius Renewable Royalties' return on equity of -0.60% beat Tidewater Renewables' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tidewater Renewables	-6.25%	-2.25%	-0.19%
Altius Renewable Royalties	-227.79%	-0.60%	-0.51%

Does the media favor LCFS or ARR?

In the previous week, Tidewater Renewables had 1 more articles in the media than Altius Renewable Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tidewater Renewables and 0 mentions for Altius Renewable Royalties. Tidewater Renewables' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Altius Renewable Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that Tidewater Renewables is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tidewater Renewables	Positive
Altius Renewable Royalties	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, LCFS or ARR?

Tidewater Renewables has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Renewable Royalties has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LCFS or ARR?

Altius Renewable Royalties received 16 more outperform votes than Tidewater Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.50% of users gave Altius Renewable Royalties an outperform vote while only 35.14% of users gave Tidewater Renewables an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tidewater Renewables	Outperform Votes 13 35.14%	Underperform Votes 24 64.86%
Altius Renewable Royalties	Outperform Votes 29 72.50%	Underperform Votes 11 27.50%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LCFS or ARR?

Altius Renewable Royalties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tidewater Renewables. Altius Renewable Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tidewater Renewables, 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
Tidewater Renewables	C$189.02M	1.47	-C$11.82M	-C$0.35	-22.86
Altius Renewable Royalties	C$2.67M	105.29	-C$1.21M	-C$0.06	-152.17

Summary

Altius Renewable Royalties beats Tidewater Renewables on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.