SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN) Competitors

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (TSE:BPF.UN) and SIR Royalty Income Fund (TSE:SRV.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 profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BPF.UN or SRV.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
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	C$49.24M	7.64	C$26.04M	C$1.18	14.98
SIR Royalty Income Fund	C$10.90M	9.92	C$20.34M	C$2.28	5.66

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

3.4% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of SIR Royalty Income Fund shares are held 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 BPF.UN or SRV.UN a better dividend stock?

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. 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 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 pays out 50.0% 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 media favor BPF.UN or SRV.UN?

In the previous week, Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund and Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund both had 3 articles in the media. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat SIR Royalty Income Fund's score of 0.53 indicating that Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is BPF.UN or SRV.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
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	52.89%	9.13%	7.08%
SIR Royalty Income Fund	186.60%	24.94%	16.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BPF.UN or SRV.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
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund	Outperform Votes 229 85.13%	Underperform Votes 40 14.87%
SIR Royalty Income Fund	Outperform Votes 78 67.24%	Underperform Votes 38 32.76%

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

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

Summary

SIR Royalty Income Fund beats Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.