Diversified Royalty (DIV) Competitors

Diversified Royalty (TSE:DIV) and Acasta Enterprises (TSE:AEF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DIV or AEF?

14.9% of Diversified Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diversified Royalty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DIV or AEF more profitable?

Diversified Royalty has a net margin of 51.17% compared to Acasta Enterprises' net margin of 0.00%. Diversified Royalty's return on equity of 12.02% beat Acasta Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Royalty	51.17%	12.02%	6.68%
Acasta Enterprises	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DIV or AEF?

Diversified Royalty received 67 more outperform votes than Acasta Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.66% of users gave Acasta Enterprises an outperform vote while only 68.37% of users gave Diversified Royalty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diversified Royalty	Outperform Votes 201 68.37%	Underperform Votes 93 31.63%
Acasta Enterprises	Outperform Votes 134 71.66%	Underperform Votes 53 28.34%

Which has better earnings & valuation, DIV or AEF?

Diversified Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acasta Enterprises. Acasta Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diversified Royalty, 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
Diversified Royalty	C$61.87M	7.57	C$31.66M	C$0.21	13.48
Acasta Enterprises	C$172.17M	0.00	-C$2.21M	-C$0.03	N/A

Does the media prefer DIV or AEF?

In the previous week, Diversified Royalty had 2 more articles in the media than Acasta Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Diversified Royalty and 0 mentions for Acasta Enterprises. Diversified Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Acasta Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diversified Royalty	Positive
Acasta Enterprises	Neutral

Is DIV or AEF a better dividend stock?

Diversified Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Acasta Enterprises pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Diversified Royalty pays out 119.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Acasta Enterprises pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate DIV or AEF?

Diversified Royalty presently has a consensus target price of C$3.80, indicating a potential upside of 34.28%. Given Diversified Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diversified Royalty is more favorable than Acasta Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diversified Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Acasta Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Diversified Royalty beats Acasta Enterprises on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.