Diversified Royalty (DIV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

DIV is a multi-royalty corporation, engaged in the business of acquiring top-line royalties from well-managed multi-location businesses and franchisors in North America. DIV's objective is to acquire predictable, growing royalty streams from a diverse group of multi-location businesses and franchisors. DIV, through its subsidiary, Mr. Lube Canada Ltd., also operates the Mr. Lube + Tires franchisor business in Canada. Mr. Lube + Tires is the leading Canadian automotive service chain specializing in fast, drive-in drive-through, no-appointment-needed vehicle maintenance. DIV also owns the Sutton, Mr. Mikes, Nurse Next Door, Oxford Learning Centres, Stratus Building Solutions, BarBurrito, Cheba Hut and AIR MILES trademarks. Sutton is among the leading residential real estate brokerage franchisor businesses in Canada. Mr. Mikes operates casual steakhouse restaurants primarily in western Canadian communities.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$4.05 to C$4.07
• 50-Day Range: C$4.01 to C$4.71
• 52-Week Range: C$3.41 to C$4.98
• Volume: 91,194 shs
• Average Volume: 457,091 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$766.35 million
• P/E Ratio: 23.88
• Dividend Yield: 6.94%
• Price Target: C$5.25
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Diversified Royalty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Diversified Royalty scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Diversified Royalty has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Diversified Royalty has a consensus price target of C$5.25, representing about 28.7% upside from its current price of C$4.08.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Diversified Royalty has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Diversified Royalty is 24.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.82.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Diversified Royalty is 24.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.94.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Diversified Royalty has a P/B Ratio of 2.09. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DIV.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Diversified Royalty is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.99%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Diversified Royalty does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Diversified Royalty is 165.69%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.80

News Sentiment

Diversified Royalty has a news sentiment score of 0.80. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Diversified Royalty this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for DIV on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Diversified Royalty in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net C$449,757.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0584% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Diversified Royalty insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$449,757.00 in company stock and sold C$0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.52% of the stock of Diversified Royalty is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

15.74% of the stock of Diversified Royalty is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/29 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Record date for 9/29 Dividend: 9/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/29/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/30 Dividend: 10/15/2026
• Record date for 10/30 Dividend: 10/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Multi-Sector Holdings
• Current Symbol: TSE:DIV
• Previous Symbol: TSE:BEV
• CIK: N/A
• Web: diversifiedroyaltycorp.com
• Phone: +1-604-2353146
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 44
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Diversified Royalty: C$5.25
• High Price Target: C$7.00
• Low Price Target: C$4.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.30
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: C$29.29 million
• Net Margins: 39.72%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.39%
• Return on Assets: 6.68%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 212.48
• Current Ratio: 0.49
• Quick Ratio: 1.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$76.47 million
• Price / Sales: 10.02
• Cash Flow: C$0.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 41.10
• Book Value: C$1.95 per share
• Price / Book: 2.08

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 188,756,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$766.35 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.95