Benev Capital (BEVFF) & Its Rivals Head to Head Analysis

Benev Capital (OTCMKTS:BEVFF) is one of 52 public companies in the “DIVERSIFIED OPS” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Benev Capital to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.2% of shares of all “DIVERSIFIED OPS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Benev Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of shares of all “DIVERSIFIED OPS” companies are owned 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.

Volatility & Risk

Benev Capital has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benev Capital’s competitors have a beta of 0.80, suggesting that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Benev Capital and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Benev Capital	41.35%	11.41%	5.70%
Benev Capital Competitors	-24.47%	-40.66%	-9.10%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Benev Capital and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Benev Capital	$47.44 million	$19.43 million	19.08
Benev Capital Competitors	$13.29 billion	$969.16 million	42.33

Benev Capital’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Benev Capital. Benev Capital 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 summary of current ratings and target prices for Benev Capital and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Benev Capital	0	1	0	0	2.00
Benev Capital Competitors	199	870	1635	64	2.57

As a group, “DIVERSIFIED OPS” companies have a potential downside of 2.61%. Given Benev Capital’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Benev Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Dividends

Benev Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Benev Capital pays out 150.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “DIVERSIFIED OPS” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.6% and pay out 26.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Benev Capital competitors beat Benev Capital on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Benev Capital Company Profile

Diversified Royalty Corp., a multi-royalty corporation, engages in the acquisition of royalties from multi-location businesses and franchisors in North America. It owns the Sutton, Mr. Lube + Tires, AIR MILES, Mr. Mikes, Nurse Next Door, Oxford Learning Centres, Stratus Building Solutions, and BarBurrito trademarks. The company was formerly known as BENEV Capital Inc. and changed its name to Diversified Royalty Corp. in September 2014. Diversified Royalty Corp. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.