Head-To-Head Review: Ayala (OTCMKTS:AYYLF) & Benev Capital (OTCMKTS:BEVFF)

Dividends

Ayala pays an annual dividend of C$3.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 48.0%. Benev Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Ayala pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Benev Capital pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ayala is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Ayala and Benev Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ayala	N/A	N/A	N/A
Benev Capital	39.72%	13.10%	6.03%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

11.9% of Ayala shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Benev Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ayala and Benev Capital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ayala	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$27.26	0.30
Benev Capital	$50.66 million	11.14	$26.24 million	$0.12	24.92

Benev Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Ayala. Ayala is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Benev Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Benev Capital beats Ayala on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ayala

Ayala Corporation engages in the real estate and hotel businesses in the Philippines, Europe, Asia, and the United States. It develops, constructs, leases, and sells residential and commercial lots, as well as develops and sells leisure properties; manages land bank; operates hotels, cinema, and theaters; and provides construction and property management services. The company also provides saving and time deposits, corporate, consumer, mortgage, leasing, and agri business loans; deposit and cash management, asset management, securities brokerage, foreign exchange and capital markets investment, corporate finance and consulting, investment banking, internet banking, foreign exchange, and safety deposit services; and life, non-life, pre-need, and reinsurance services. In addition, it offers digital wireless communication, long distance communication, broadband internet, wireline voice and data communication, and local exchange carrier services; and designs, develops, operates, administers, and manages software applications and systems. Further, the company offers electronics manufacturing, and power semiconductor assembly and testing services; and generates power using renewable and conventional technologies. Additionally, the company manufactures, distributes, sells, repairs, and services passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and motorcycles; and provides water delivery, sewerage, sanitation, and distribution services, as well as pipe works, used water management, and management services, as well as offers venture capital for technologies and businesses; and onshore and offshore outsourcing, air-chartered, consultancy, healthcare, infrastructure, logistics, and education services. It also provides agriculture services. The company was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Makati City, the Philippines.

About Benev Capital

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.