SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN) Competitors

SIR Royalty Income Fund (TSE:SRV.UN) and Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (TSE:BPF.UN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SRV.UN or BPF.UN?

3.4% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.3% of SIR Royalty Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SRV.UN or BPF.UN more profitable?

SIR Royalty Income Fund has a net margin of 186.60% compared to Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's net margin of 52.89%. SIR Royalty Income Fund's return on equity of 24.94% beat Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SIR Royalty Income Fund	186.60%	24.94%	16.94%
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	52.89%	9.13%	7.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SRV.UN or BPF.UN?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund received 151 more outperform votes than SIR Royalty Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.13% of users gave Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund an outperform vote while only 67.24% of users gave SIR Royalty Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SIR Royalty Income Fund	Outperform Votes 78 67.24%	Underperform Votes 38 32.76%
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	Outperform Votes 229 85.13%	Underperform Votes 40 14.87%

Which has better earnings & valuation, SRV.UN or BPF.UN?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than SIR Royalty Income Fund. SIR Royalty Income Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund, 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
SIR Royalty Income Fund	C$10.90M	9.96	C$20.34M	C$2.28	5.68
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	C$49.24M	8.00	C$26.04M	C$1.18	15.68

Is SRV.UN or BPF.UN a better dividend stock?

SIR Royalty Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. SIR Royalty Income Fund pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays out 115.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SIR Royalty Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, SRV.UN or BPF.UN?

SIR Royalty Income Fund has a beta of 2.51, meaning that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SRV.UN or BPF.UN?

In the previous week, SIR Royalty Income Fund and SIR Royalty Income Fund both had 3 articles in the media. SIR Royalty Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's score of 0.75 indicating that SIR Royalty Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SIR Royalty Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SIR Royalty Income Fund beats Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.