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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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$11.02M	9.57	C$21.08M	C$2.37	5.31
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	C$49.19M	7.22	C$29.57M	C$1.34	12.46

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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 9.1%. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. SIR Royalty Income Fund pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays out 101.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SIR Royalty Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

In the previous week, SIR Royalty Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SIR Royalty Income Fund and 1 mentions for Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat SIR Royalty Income Fund's score of 0.33 indicating that Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

4.3% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 28.2% of SIR Royalty Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SRV.UN or BPF.UN more profitable?

SIR Royalty Income Fund has a net margin of 191.37% compared to Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's net margin of 60.10%. SIR Royalty Income Fund's return on equity of 26.42% beat Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SIR Royalty Income Fund	191.37%	26.42%	18.06%
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	60.10%	10.57%	7.21%

Do analysts rate SRV.UN or BPF.UN?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund has a consensus price target of C$18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.91%. Given Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund is more favorable than SIR Royalty Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SIR Royalty Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

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

SIR Royalty Income Fund has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SIR Royalty Income Fund beats Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.