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Freehold Royalties (FRU) Competitors

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C$11.43 +0.02 (+0.18%)
As of 05/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

FRU vs. PSK, SCR, ERF, MEG, WCP, PEY, ATH, NVA, POU, and BTE

Should you be buying Freehold Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freehold Royalties include PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Enerplus (ERF), MEG Energy (MEG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Freehold Royalties vs.

Freehold Royalties (TSE:FRU) and PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 42.42% compared to PrairieSky Royalty's net margin of 42.28%. Freehold Royalties' return on equity of 14.43% beat PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Freehold Royalties42.42% 14.43% 10.42%
PrairieSky Royalty 42.28%7.83%5.99%

Freehold Royalties received 69 more outperform votes than PrairieSky Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.20% of users gave Freehold Royalties an outperform vote while only 61.08% of users gave PrairieSky Royalty an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Freehold RoyaltiesOutperform Votes
568
66.20%
Underperform Votes
290
33.80%
PrairieSky RoyaltyOutperform Votes
499
61.08%
Underperform Votes
318
38.92%

Freehold Royalties pays an annual dividend of C$1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Freehold Royalties pays out 122.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PrairieSky Royalty pays out 110.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Freehold Royalties had 2 more articles in the media than PrairieSky Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Freehold Royalties and 0 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty. PrairieSky Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Freehold Royalties' score of 0.44 indicating that PrairieSky Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Freehold Royalties Neutral
PrairieSky Royalty Positive

30.0% of Freehold Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Freehold Royalties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PrairieSky Royalty has higher revenue and earnings than Freehold Royalties. Freehold Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PrairieSky Royalty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Freehold RoyaltiesC$311.95M5.51C$132.34MC$0.8812.95
PrairieSky RoyaltyC$508.08M10.75C$214.83MC$0.9025.37

Freehold Royalties has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PrairieSky Royalty has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Freehold Royalties presently has a consensus target price of C$16.04, suggesting a potential upside of 40.29%. PrairieSky Royalty has a consensus target price of C$30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 34.75%. Given Freehold Royalties' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than PrairieSky Royalty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Freehold Royalties
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
PrairieSky Royalty
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Summary

PrairieSky Royalty beats Freehold Royalties on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FRU vs. The Competition

MetricFreehold RoyaltiesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.72BC$1.25BC$7.06BC$5.67B
Dividend Yield8.45%8.28%10.94%6.84%
P/E Ratio12.95185.4946.7928.68
Price / Sales5.51110,299.5525,023.91609.91
Price / Cash1,983.7590.9935.4483.20
Price / Book1.901.443.513.72
Net IncomeC$132.34MC$81.38MC$4.30BC$301.04M
7 Day Performance-3.30%-0.62%-0.42%0.33%
1 Month Performance-10.98%-8.02%-5.55%-0.16%
1 Year Performance-18.12%21.93%162.65%14.11%

Freehold Royalties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRU
Freehold Royalties
2.4678 of 5 stars
C$11.43
+0.2%
C$16.04
+40.3%
-18.1%C$1.72BC$311.95M12.95N/ADividend Announcement
PSK
PrairieSky Royalty
3.707 of 5 stars
C$23.49
flat
C$30.75
+30.9%
-11.0%C$5.60BC$508.08M26.0265
SCR
Strathcona Resources
2.9451 of 5 stars
C$25.60
-2.0%
C$35.00
+36.7%
-17.8%C$5.48BC$2.46B14.76193
ERF
Enerplus
N/AN/AC$26.00
+∞
N/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
MEG
MEG Energy
3.1687 of 5 stars
C$20.39
-2.6%
C$30.35
+48.8%
-34.3%C$5.29BC$5.39B10.80449Positive News
WCP
Whitecap Resources
3.6304 of 5 stars
C$8.04
-1.8%
C$13.30
+65.4%
-22.1%C$4.69BC$3.55B5.42542Dividend Announcement
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
1.6482 of 5 stars
C$17.60
-2.0%
C$19.10
+8.5%
+14.4%C$3.49BC$915.70M11.8653
ATH
Athabasca Oil
2.3011 of 5 stars
C$4.80
-3.6%
C$6.25
+30.2%
-3.9%C$2.50BC$1.27B11.29170
NVA
NuVista Energy
N/AC$12.04
-2.7%
C$17.28
+43.5%
-3.8%C$2.47BC$1.22B8.4288
POU
Paramount Resources
3.9127 of 5 stars
C$16.39
-3.0%
C$25.00
+52.5%
-48.5%C$2.44BC$1.93B6.71579Dividend Announcement
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BTE
Baytex Energy
3.3298 of 5 stars
C$2.33
-3.7%
C$5.33
+128.7%
-53.3%C$1.84BC$3.33B-5.30220Positive News

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