Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR) Competitors

Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSE:LB) and Altius Renewable Royalties (TSE:ARR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

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

26.9% of Laurentian Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Laurentian Bank of Canada 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate LB or ARR?

Laurentian Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$28.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.49%. Altius Renewable Royalties has a consensus target price of C$15.88, indicating a potential upside of 32.29%. Given Altius Renewable Royalties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Altius Renewable Royalties is more favorable than Laurentian Bank of Canada.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Laurentian Bank of Canada	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.63
Altius Renewable Royalties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is LB or ARR more profitable?

Laurentian Bank of Canada has a net margin of -1.64% compared to Altius Renewable Royalties' net margin of -206.69%. Laurentian Bank of Canada's return on equity of -0.55% beat Altius Renewable Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Laurentian Bank of Canada	-1.64%	-0.55%	-0.03%
Altius Renewable Royalties	-206.69%	-0.83%	-0.72%

Does the media prefer LB or ARR?

In the previous week, Laurentian Bank of Canada had 5 more articles in the media than Altius Renewable Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Laurentian Bank of Canada and 0 mentions for Altius Renewable Royalties. Altius Renewable Royalties' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Laurentian Bank of Canada's score of -0.07 indicating that Altius Renewable Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Laurentian Bank of Canada	Neutral
Altius Renewable Royalties	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, LB or ARR?

Laurentian Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Renewable Royalties has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LB or ARR?

Laurentian Bank of Canada received 333 more outperform votes than Altius Renewable Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.09% of users gave Altius Renewable Royalties an outperform vote while only 40.81% of users gave Laurentian Bank of Canada an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Laurentian Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 364 40.81%	Underperform Votes 528 59.19%
Altius Renewable Royalties	Outperform Votes 31 72.09%	Underperform Votes 12 27.91%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LB or ARR?

Altius Renewable Royalties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Laurentian Bank of Canada. Altius Renewable Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laurentian Bank of Canada, 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
Laurentian Bank of Canada	C$947.10M	1.36	-C$27.32M	-C$0.62	-47.42
Altius Renewable Royalties	C$2.67M	138.38	-C$1.67M	-C$0.08	-150.00

Summary

Laurentian Bank of Canada and Altius Renewable Royalties tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.