SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN) Competitors

Keg Royalties Income Fund (TSE:KEG.UN) and SIR Royalty Income Fund (TSE:SRV.UN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

Keg Royalties Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than SIR Royalty Income Fund. SIR Royalty Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keg Royalties Income Fund, 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
Keg Royalties Income Fund	C$34.05M	4.82	C$25.16M	C$1.23	11.75
SIR Royalty Income Fund	C$11.07M	10.33	C$19.11M	C$2.14	6.38

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

15.1% of Keg Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.3% of Keg Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of SIR Royalty Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keg Royalties Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
SIR Royalty Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is KEG.UN or SRV.UN more profitable?

SIR Royalty Income Fund has a net margin of 172.59% compared to SIR Royalty Income Fund's net margin of 73.88%. SIR Royalty Income Fund's return on equity of 24.87% beat Keg Royalties Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keg Royalties Income Fund	73.88%	24.87%	8.04%
SIR Royalty Income Fund	172.59%	23.63%	16.32%

Is KEG.UN or SRV.UN a better dividend stock?

Keg Royalties Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. SIR Royalty Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Keg Royalties Income Fund pays out 92.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SIR Royalty Income Fund pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SIR Royalty Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

In the previous week, SIR Royalty Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Keg Royalties Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SIR Royalty Income Fund and 4 mentions for Keg Royalties Income Fund. SIR Royalty Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Keg Royalties Income Fund's score of 0.32 indicating that Keg Royalties Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Keg Royalties Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SIR Royalty Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

Keg Royalties Income Fund received 8 more outperform votes than SIR Royalty Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.07% of users gave Keg Royalties Income Fund an outperform vote while only 67.24% of users gave SIR Royalty Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Keg Royalties Income Fund	Outperform Votes 86 71.07%	Underperform Votes 35 28.93%
SIR Royalty Income Fund	Outperform Votes 78 67.24%	Underperform Votes 38 32.76%

Which has more volatility and risk, KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

Keg Royalties Income Fund has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SIR Royalty Income Fund has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Keg Royalties Income Fund beats SIR Royalty Income Fund on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.