Benev Capital (BEVFF) vs. The Competition Head to Head Review

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

Volatility & Risk

Benev Capital has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benev Capital’s peers have a beta of 0.79, meaning that their average share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.2% of shares of all “DIVERSIFIED OPS” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Benev Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of shares of all “DIVERSIFIED OPS” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Benev Capital and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Benev Capital	$47.44 million	$19.43 million	19.92
Benev Capital Competitors	$13.30 billion	$972.71 million	42.76

Benev Capital’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Benev Capital. Benev Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Benev Capital and its peers’ 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	-21.42%	-39.27%	-6.96%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Benev Capital and its peers, 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	202	873	1642	64	2.56

As a group, “DIVERSIFIED OPS” companies have a potential downside of 4.10%. Given Benev Capital’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Benev Capital has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Benev Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. 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 26.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Benev Capital peers 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.