Polaris Renewable Energy (PIF) Competitors

Polaris Renewable Energy (TSE:PIF) and Altius Renewable Royalties (TSE:ARR) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate PIF or ARR?

Polaris Renewable Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 89.52%. Altius Renewable Royalties has a consensus target price of C$17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Polaris Renewable Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Polaris Renewable Energy is more favorable than Altius Renewable Royalties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Polaris Renewable Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Altius Renewable Royalties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PIF or ARR?

22.0% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.9% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PIF or ARR more profitable?

Polaris Renewable Energy has a net margin of 9.49% compared to Altius Renewable Royalties' net margin of -206.69%. Polaris Renewable Energy's return on equity of 2.68% beat Altius Renewable Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Polaris Renewable Energy	9.49%	2.68%	3.18%
Altius Renewable Royalties	-206.69%	-0.83%	-0.72%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PIF or ARR?

Polaris Renewable Energy received 151 more outperform votes than Altius Renewable Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.79% of users gave Polaris Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 72.09% of users gave Altius Renewable Royalties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Polaris Renewable Energy	Outperform Votes 182 78.79%	Underperform Votes 49 21.21%
Altius Renewable Royalties	Outperform Votes 31 72.09%	Underperform Votes 12 27.91%

Does the media favor PIF or ARR?

In the previous week, Polaris Renewable Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Altius Renewable Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Polaris Renewable Energy and 0 mentions for Altius Renewable Royalties. Polaris Renewable Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Altius Renewable Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that Polaris Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Polaris Renewable Energy	Positive
Altius Renewable Royalties	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PIF or ARR?

Polaris Renewable Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Altius Renewable Royalties. Altius Renewable Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris Renewable Energy, 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
Polaris Renewable Energy	C$53.34M	3.33	C$5.06M	C$0.48	24.78
Altius Renewable Royalties	C$2.67M	0.00	-C$1.67M	-C$0.08	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, PIF or ARR?

Polaris Renewable Energy has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less 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.

Summary

Polaris Renewable Energy beats Altius Renewable Royalties on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.