OR Royalties (OR) Competitors

OR Royalties (NYSE:OR) and Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Is OR or RGLD more profitable?

Royal Gold has a net margin of 56.24% compared to OR Royalties' net margin of 35.25%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 13.30% beat OR Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OR Royalties	35.25%	8.56%	7.54%
Royal Gold	56.24%	13.30%	12.32%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OR or RGLD?

68.5% of OR Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of OR Royalties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer OR or RGLD?

OR Royalties presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.30%. Royal Gold has a consensus price target of $203.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.39%. Given Royal Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than OR Royalties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OR Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Royal Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer OR or RGLD?

In the previous week, OR Royalties had 5 more articles in the media than Royal Gold. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for OR Royalties and 23 mentions for Royal Gold. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat OR Royalties' score of 0.49 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OR Royalties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Royal Gold	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OR or RGLD?

Royal Gold has higher revenue and earnings than OR Royalties. Royal Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OR Royalties, 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
OR Royalties	$191.16M	37.04	$16.27M	$0.37	101.70
Royal Gold	$719.40M	17.80	$332.02M	$6.82	28.51

Is OR or RGLD a better dividend stock?

OR Royalties pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. OR Royalties pays out 59.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. OR Royalties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Royal Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, OR or RGLD?

OR Royalties has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Royal Gold beats OR Royalties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.