SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

15.1% of Keg Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.3% of Keg Royalties Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of SIR Royalty Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

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

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

Keg Royalties Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. SIR Royalty Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Keg Royalties Income Fund pays out 92.7% 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 pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SIR Royalty Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

Keg Royalties Income Fund received 8 more outperform votes than SIR Royalty Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.07% of users gave Keg Royalties Income Fund an outperform vote while only 67.24% of users gave SIR Royalty Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Keg Royalties Income Fund	Outperform Votes 86 71.07%	Underperform Votes 35 28.93%
SIR Royalty Income Fund	Outperform Votes 78 67.24%	Underperform Votes 38 32.76%

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

Keg Royalties Income Fund has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SIR Royalty Income Fund has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KEG.UN or SRV.UN?

Keg 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 Keg 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
Keg Royalties Income Fund	C$34.05M	4.80	C$25.16M	C$1.23	11.71
SIR Royalty Income Fund	C$11.07M	10.45	C$19.11M	C$2.14	6.45

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

In the previous week, Keg Royalties Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than SIR Royalty Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Keg Royalties Income Fund and 0 mentions for SIR Royalty Income Fund. Keg Royalties Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat SIR Royalty Income Fund's score of 0.53 indicating that SIR Royalty Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Keg Royalties Income Fund	Positive
SIR Royalty Income Fund	Positive

Is KEG.UN or SRV.UN more profitable?

SIR Royalty Income Fund has a net margin of 172.59% compared to SIR Royalty Income Fund's net margin of 73.88%. SIR Royalty Income Fund's return on equity of 24.87% beat Keg Royalties Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keg Royalties Income Fund	73.88%	24.87%	8.04%
SIR Royalty Income Fund	172.59%	23.63%	16.32%

Summary

Keg Royalties Income Fund beats SIR Royalty Income Fund on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.