CDT Environmental Technology Investment (NASDAQ:CDTG) versus Diversified Royalty (OTCMKTS:BEVFF) Financial Review

CDT Environmental Technology Investment (NASDAQ:CDTG) and Diversified Royalty (OTCMKTS:BEVFF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for CDT Environmental Technology Investment and Diversified Royalty, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	0	0	0	0	0.00
Diversified Royalty	0	1	0	0	2.00

Profitability

This table compares CDT Environmental Technology Investment and Diversified Royalty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A
Diversified Royalty	49.26%	11.44%	5.52%

Volatility & Risk

CDT Environmental Technology Investment has a beta of -5.82, indicating that its share price is 682% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Royalty has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CDT Environmental Technology Investment and Diversified Royalty”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	$29.77 million	0.23	$7.42 million	N/A	N/A
Diversified Royalty	$41.85 million	8.81	$23.50 million	$0.12	18.18

Diversified Royalty has higher revenue and earnings than CDT Environmental Technology Investment.

Summary

Diversified Royalty beats CDT Environmental Technology Investment on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CDT Environmental Technology Investment

CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited designs, develops, manufactures, sells, installs, operates, and maintains sewage treatment systems in China. The company sells complete sewage treatment systems; constructs rural sewage treatment plants; installs systems; and provides on-going operation and maintenance services for systems and plants in China for municipalities and enterprise clients. It provides sewage treatment services, such as on-site or in-situ septic tank treatment services in the urban and rural areas for municipalities, and residential and business property management companies. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Shenzhen, China.

About Diversified Royalty

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.