Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR) Competitors

Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSE:LB) and Altius Renewable Royalties (TSE:ARR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LB or ARR?

26.9% of Laurentian Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Laurentian Bank of Canada shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.9% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, LB or ARR?

Altius Renewable Royalties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Laurentian Bank of Canada. Altius Renewable Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laurentian Bank of Canada, 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
Laurentian Bank of Canada	C$947.10M	1.35	-C$27.32M	-C$0.62	-47.05
Altius Renewable Royalties	C$2.67M	137.92	-C$1.67M	-C$0.08	-149.50

Which has more risk and volatility, LB or ARR?

Laurentian Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Renewable Royalties has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LB or ARR more profitable?

Laurentian Bank of Canada has a net margin of -1.64% compared to Altius Renewable Royalties' net margin of -206.69%. Laurentian Bank of Canada's return on equity of -0.55% beat Altius Renewable Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Laurentian Bank of Canada	-1.64%	-0.55%	-0.03%
Altius Renewable Royalties	-206.69%	-0.83%	-0.72%

Do analysts recommend LB or ARR?

Laurentian Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$27.10, suggesting a potential downside of 7.10%. Altius Renewable Royalties has a consensus target price of C$15.88, suggesting a potential upside of 32.73%. Given Altius Renewable Royalties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altius Renewable Royalties is more favorable than Laurentian Bank of Canada.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Laurentian Bank of Canada	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.70
Altius Renewable Royalties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LB or ARR?

Laurentian Bank of Canada received 333 more outperform votes than Altius Renewable Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.09% of users gave Altius Renewable Royalties an outperform vote while only 41.08% of users gave Laurentian Bank of Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Laurentian Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 364 41.08%	Underperform Votes 522 58.92%
Altius Renewable Royalties	Outperform Votes 31 72.09%	Underperform Votes 12 27.91%

Does the media refer more to LB or ARR?

In the previous week, Laurentian Bank of Canada had 6 more articles in the media than Altius Renewable Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Laurentian Bank of Canada and 0 mentions for Altius Renewable Royalties. Laurentian Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Altius Renewable Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that Laurentian Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Laurentian Bank of Canada	Neutral
Altius Renewable Royalties	Neutral

Summary

Laurentian Bank of Canada beats Altius Renewable Royalties on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.