Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR) Competitors

Tidewater Renewables (TSE:LCFS) and Altius Renewable Royalties (TSE:ARR) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, LCFS or ARR?

Tidewater Renewables has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Renewable Royalties has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LCFS or ARR?

Tidewater Renewables presently has a consensus target price of C$12.31, indicating a potential upside of 53.91%. Altius Renewable Royalties has a consensus target price of C$11.90, indicating a potential upside of 28.65%. Given Altius Renewable Royalties' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tidewater Renewables is more favorable than Altius Renewable Royalties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tidewater Renewables	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Altius Renewable Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Does the media favor LCFS or ARR?

In the previous week, Tidewater Renewables had 2 more articles in the media than Altius Renewable Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tidewater Renewables and 0 mentions for Altius Renewable Royalties. Tidewater Renewables' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Altius Renewable Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that Altius Renewable Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tidewater Renewables	Neutral
Altius Renewable Royalties	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, LCFS or ARR?

Altius Renewable Royalties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tidewater Renewables. Altius Renewable Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tidewater Renewables, 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
Tidewater Renewables	C$97.68M	2.85	-C$41.02M	-C$1.18	-6.78
Altius Renewable Royalties	C$2.67M	106.67	-C$1.21M	-C$0.06	-154.17

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LCFS or ARR?

8.0% of Tidewater Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of Tidewater Renewables shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LCFS or ARR more profitable?

Tidewater Renewables has a net margin of -41.99% compared to Tidewater Renewables' net margin of -227.79%. Tidewater Renewables' return on equity of -0.60% beat Altius Renewable Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tidewater Renewables	-41.99%	-7.72%	-3.17%
Altius Renewable Royalties	-227.79%	-0.60%	-0.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LCFS or ARR?

Altius Renewable Royalties received 16 more outperform votes than Tidewater Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.50% of users gave Altius Renewable Royalties an outperform vote while only 35.14% of users gave Tidewater Renewables an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tidewater Renewables	Outperform Votes 13 35.14%	Underperform Votes 24 64.86%
Altius Renewable Royalties	Outperform Votes 29 72.50%	Underperform Votes 11 27.50%

Summary

Altius Renewable Royalties beats Tidewater Renewables on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.