What is Ventum Cap Mkts’ Forecast for TSE:DIV Q1 Earnings?

Diversified Royalty Corp. (TSE:DIV) – Investment analysts at Ventum Cap Mkts issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Diversified Royalty in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, March 25th. Ventum Cap Mkts analyst D. Schilling expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.04 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.

DIV has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Desjardins set a C$3.75 target price on shares of Diversified Royalty and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. CIBC upped their price objective 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 issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$3.62.

Diversified Royalty Stock Performance

TSE:DIV opened at C$2.81 on Thursday. Diversified Royalty has a twelve month low of C$2.50 and a twelve month high of C$3.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.74, a current ratio of 4.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 90.70. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is C$2.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$2.91. The firm has a market capitalization of C$429.59 million, a PE ratio of 14.67 and a beta of 1.57.

Diversified Royalty Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.0208 per share. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Diversified Royalty’s payout ratio 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.