Royal Gold (NASDAQ:RGLD – Get Free Report) is one of 1,984 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Royal Gold to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Volatility and Risk
Royal Gold has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Gold’s competitors have a beta of 1.13, meaning that their average stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
83.7% of Royal Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Royal Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned 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.
Dividends
Royal Gold pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Royal Gold pays out 20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.9% and pay out 10.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Gold has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Royal Gold lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.
Profitability
This table compares Royal Gold and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Royal Gold | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Royal Gold Competitors | -1,685,656,668,075,677,400.00% | -26.66% | -4.81% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Royal Gold and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Royal Gold | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Royal Gold Competitors | 6390 | 22553 | 32226 | 1789 | 2.47 |
Royal Gold currently has a consensus price target of $309.56, indicating a potential upside of 29.16%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 27.87%. Given Royal Gold’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Royal Gold is more favorable than its competitors.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Royal Gold and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Royal Gold | $1.55 billion | N/A | 26.16 |
| Royal Gold Competitors | $2.98 billion | $128.45 million | -47.14 |
Royal Gold’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Royal Gold. Royal Gold is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Royal Gold beats its competitors on 8 of the 14 factors compared.
Royal Gold Company Profile
Royal Gold, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, acquires and manages precious metal streams, royalties, and related interests. The company engages in acquiring stream and royalty interests or to finance projects that are in production, development, or in the exploration stage in exchange for stream or royalty interests, which primarily consists of gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, and other metals. Its stream and royalty interests on properties are located in the United States, Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Australia, Africa, Mexico, Botswana, and internationally. Royal Gold, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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