OR Royalties (OR) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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. 0.5% of Royal Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, OR or RGLD?

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	32.90	$16.27M	$0.37	90.33
Royal Gold	$799.48M	14.85	$332.02M	$6.82	26.45

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%

Does the media refer more to OR or RGLD?

In the previous week, OR Royalties and OR Royalties both had 18 articles in the media. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat OR Royalties' score of 0.59 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Royal Gold	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate OR or RGLD?

OR Royalties presently has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential downside of 27.19%. Royal Gold has a consensus target price of $198.63, indicating a potential upside of 10.10%. Given Royal Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Royal Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is OR or RGLD a better dividend stock?

OR Royalties pays an annual dividend of $0.19 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 1.0%. OR Royalties pays out 51.4% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Royal Gold has raised 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.

Summary

Royal Gold beats OR Royalties on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.