OR vs. RGLD, AEM, AGI, BTG, EGO, FNV, KGC, PAAS, SAND, and WPM
Should you be buying OR Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OR Royalties include Royal Gold (RGLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTG), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Kinross Gold (KGC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
OR Royalties vs. Its 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Royal Gold beats OR Royalties on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OR) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff