Ventum Cap Mkts Comments on TSE:DIV Q1 Earnings

Diversified Royalty Corp. (TSE:DIV) – Research analysts at Ventum Cap Mkts issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Diversified Royalty in a report issued on Tuesday, March 25th. Ventum Cap Mkts analyst D. Schilling forecasts that the company will earn $0.04 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Diversified Royalty’s current full-year earnings is $0.20 per share. Ventum Cap Mkts also issued estimates for Diversified Royalty’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.06 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.20 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Desjardins set a C$3.75 price target on Diversified Royalty and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. CIBC boosted their target price on shares of Diversified Royalty from C$3.00 to C$3.10 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$3.62.

Diversified Royalty Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of TSE:DIV opened at C$2.78 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average is C$2.80 and its 200 day moving average is C$2.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 90.70, a current ratio of 4.28 and a quick ratio of 1.74. Diversified Royalty has a 1 year low of C$2.50 and a 1 year high of C$3.09. The firm has a market capitalization of C$425.01 million, a P/E ratio of 14.51 and a beta of 1.57.

Diversified Royalty Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.0208 per share. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Diversified Royalty’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 130.49%.

Diversified Royalty Company Profile

Diversified Royalty Corp is a multi-royalty company. It is engaged in the business of acquiring royalties from multi-location businesses and franchisors in North America. As a part of the investment strategy, the firm always purchases trademarks of the companies it is going to acquire. The company gives its partners the benefit of full operational control of their business, participation in the growth of their company, and tax deductibility on royal payments.