OR Royalties (OR) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RGLD or OR?

83.7% of Royal Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of OR Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Royal Gold 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RGLD or OR?

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
Royal Gold	$799.48M	15.77	$332.02M	$6.82	28.08
OR Royalties	$191.16M	36.58	$16.27M	$0.37	100.42

Do analysts recommend RGLD or OR?

Royal Gold currently has a consensus target price of $198.63, indicating a potential upside of 3.71%. OR Royalties has a consensus target price of $27.25, indicating a potential downside of 26.66%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than OR Royalties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royal Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
OR Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media favor RGLD or OR?

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 9 more articles in the media than OR Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Royal Gold and 6 mentions for OR Royalties. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat OR Royalties' score of 0.28 indicating that Royal Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Royal Gold	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OR Royalties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, RGLD or OR?

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OR Royalties has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RGLD or OR a better dividend stock?

Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. OR Royalties pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Royal Gold pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OR Royalties pays out 51.4% 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. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years and OR Royalties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Royal Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is RGLD or OR 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
Royal Gold	56.24%	13.30%	12.32%
OR Royalties	35.25%	8.56%	7.54%

Summary

Royal Gold beats OR Royalties on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.