Comparing Gold Royalty (GROY) & Its Peers

Gold Royalty (NYSE:GROY) is one of 111 publicly-traded companies in the “Gold & silver ores” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Gold Royalty to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Gold Royalty has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Royalty’s competitors have a beta of 1.00, suggesting that their average stock price is 0% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

33.8% of Gold Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.1% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of shares of all “Gold & silver ores” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Gold Royalty pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Gold Royalty pays out -5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies pay a dividend yield of -14.2% and pay out -896.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gold Royalty and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gold Royalty	$6.50 million	-$26.76 million	-8.00
Gold Royalty Competitors	$2.75 billion	-$67.75 million	3.27

Gold Royalty’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Gold Royalty. Gold Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Gold Royalty and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gold Royalty	0	0	2	0	3.00
Gold Royalty Competitors	1115	3600	4454	116	2.38

Gold Royalty presently has a consensus target price of $3.67, suggesting a potential upside of 169.61%. As a group, “Gold & silver ores” companies have a potential upside of 20.02%. Given Gold Royalty’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gold Royalty is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Gold Royalty and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gold Royalty	-381.76%	-0.53%	-0.40%
Gold Royalty Competitors	-40.63%	-8.14%	1.32%

Summary

Gold Royalty competitors beat Gold Royalty on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Gold Royalty Company Profile

Gold Royalty Corp., a precious metals-focused royalty company, provides financing solutions to the metals and mining industry. It focuses on acquiring royalties, streams, and similar interests at varying stages of the mine life cycle to build a portfolio offering near, medium, and longer-term returns for its investors. Gold Royalty Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.