Freehold Royalties (FRU) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSK or FRU?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PrairieSky Royalty	Outperform Votes 499 61.08%	Underperform Votes 318 38.92%
Freehold Royalties	Outperform Votes 568 66.20%	Underperform Votes 290 33.80%

Which has more risk and volatility, PSK or FRU?

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PSK or FRU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PrairieSky Royalty	C$508.08M	10.80	C$214.83M	C$0.90	25.48
Freehold Royalties	C$311.95M	5.91	C$132.34M	C$0.88	13.91

Is PSK or FRU a better dividend stock?

PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Freehold Royalties pays an annual dividend of C$1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. 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. 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.

Does the media prefer PSK or FRU?

In the previous week, Freehold Royalties had 5 more articles in the media than PrairieSky Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Freehold Royalties and 2 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty. Freehold Royalties' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat PrairieSky Royalty's score of 0.56 indicating that Freehold Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PrairieSky Royalty	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Freehold Royalties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PSK or FRU more profitable?

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
PrairieSky Royalty	42.28%	7.83%	5.99%
Freehold Royalties	42.42%	14.43%	10.42%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PSK or FRU?

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

Do analysts rate PSK or FRU?

PrairieSky Royalty currently has a consensus price target of C$30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 34.16%. Freehold Royalties has a consensus price target of C$15.71, suggesting a potential upside of 28.02%. Given PrairieSky Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PrairieSky Royalty is more favorable than Freehold Royalties.

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

Summary

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