OR Royalties (OR) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate RGLD or OR?

Royal Gold presently has a consensus price target of $192.13, suggesting a potential upside of 6.86%. OR Royalties has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.64%. Given Royal Gold's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is RGLD or OR more profitable?

Royal Gold has a net margin of 52.15% compared to OR Royalties' net margin of 15.28%. Royal Gold's return on equity of 12.48% beat OR Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royal Gold	52.15%	12.48%	11.52%
OR Royalties	15.28%	8.66%	7.59%

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 1.0%. OR Royalties pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Royal Gold pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OR Royalties pays out 111.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, RGLD or OR?

Royal Gold has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OR Royalties has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RGLD or OR?

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

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	$719.40M	16.45	$332.02M	$6.04	29.77
OR Royalties	$191.16M	25.58	$16.27M	$0.17	153.12

Does the media refer more to RGLD or OR?

In the previous week, Royal Gold had 6 more articles in the media than OR Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Royal Gold and 5 mentions for OR Royalties. Royal Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat OR Royalties' score of 0.31 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OR Royalties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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