Contrasting Scully Royalty (NYSE:SRL) & Great Elm Group (NASDAQ:GEG)

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Scully Royalty and Great Elm Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scully Royalty	$25.77 million	3.34	-$15.02 million	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Group	$16.32 million	4.12	$12.89 million	$0.32	7.25

Great Elm Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Scully Royalty.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.0% of Scully Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Great Elm Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Scully Royalty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Great Elm Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Scully Royalty and Great Elm Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scully Royalty	N/A	N/A	N/A
Great Elm Group	79.01%	-0.20%	-0.10%

Volatility & Risk

Scully Royalty has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Elm Group has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Great Elm Group beats Scully Royalty on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Scully Royalty

Scully Royalty Ltd. operates as an iron ore mining company in the Americas, Africa, Canada, Asia, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Royalty, Industrial, and Merchant Banking. The company holds royalty interest in the Scully iron ore mine located in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It also engages in manufacturing, and medical supplies and services industries. In addition, the company offers merchant banking and financial services to small and medium sized enterprises; operates projects in resources and services; and holds two industrial real estate parks. Scully Royalty Ltd. was formerly known as MFC Bancorp Ltd. and changed its name to Scully Royalty Ltd. in June 2019. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

About Great Elm Group

Great Elm Group, Inc. operates as a asset management company. The company engages in credit, real estate, and finance businesses. It is also involved in business development related activities and offers investment management services. The company was formerly known as Great Elm Capital Group, Inc. and changed its name to Great Elm Group, Inc. in December 2020. Great Elm Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.