Diversified Royalty (DIV) Competitors

Acasta Enterprises (TSE:AEF) and Diversified Royalty (TSE:DIV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the media refer more to AEF or DIV?

In the previous week, Diversified Royalty had 7 more articles in the media than Acasta Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Diversified Royalty and 0 mentions for Acasta Enterprises. Diversified Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Acasta Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Acasta Enterprises	Neutral
Diversified Royalty	Positive

Is AEF or DIV a better dividend stock?

Acasta Enterprises pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Diversified Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Acasta Enterprises pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diversified Royalty pays out 130.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is AEF or DIV more profitable?

Diversified Royalty has a net margin of 49.25% compared to Acasta Enterprises' net margin of 0.00%. Diversified Royalty's return on equity of 11.46% beat Acasta Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acasta Enterprises	N/A	N/A	N/A
Diversified Royalty	49.25%	11.46%	6.68%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEF or DIV?

Diversified Royalty received 68 more outperform votes than Acasta Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.66% of users gave Acasta Enterprises an outperform vote while only 68.01% of users gave Diversified Royalty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acasta Enterprises	Outperform Votes 134 71.66%	Underperform Votes 53 28.34%
Diversified Royalty	Outperform Votes 202 68.01%	Underperform Votes 95 31.99%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AEF or DIV?

14.9% of Diversified Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diversified Royalty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend AEF or DIV?

Diversified Royalty has a consensus target price of C$3.62, indicating a potential upside of 23.86%. Given Diversified Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diversified Royalty is more favorable than Acasta Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acasta Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Diversified Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AEF or DIV?

Diversified Royalty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Acasta Enterprises. Acasta Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diversified Royalty, 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
Acasta Enterprises	C$172.17M	0.00	-C$2.21M	-C$0.03	N/A
Diversified Royalty	C$59.46M	7.51	C$29.29M	C$0.19	15.24

Summary

Diversified Royalty beats Acasta Enterprises on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.