GROY vs LU vs ATLC Stock Comparison

Gold Royalty, Lufax Holding and Atlanticus Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GROY Gold Royalty Corp.
$2.84 -10.1% 1M -23.0% 1Y
Market cap
$501.34M
P/E
332.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.56M
Div. yield
–
Specialty Finance Financial Services
1 win
LU Lufax Holding Ltd
$8.50 +585.5% 1M +157.6% 1Y
Market cap
$7.24B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.29B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Finance Financial Services
2 wins
ATLC Atlanticus Holdings Corp
$87.39 -5.5% 1M +42.7% 1Y
Market cap
$1.33B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.65B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Finance Financial Services
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Atlanticus Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Atlanticus Holdings 7, Lufax Holding 2, Gold Royalty 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGROYLUATLCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $501.34M $7.24B $1.33B LU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 332.5x -16.5x 9.0x ATLC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 71.0x — 9.1x ATLC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +82.3% +7.7% +83.7% ATLC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.7% -34.1% 5.5% GROY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -1.1% 20.9% ATLC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.9x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -23.0% +157.6% +42.7% LU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.2%/yr -20.8%/yr +4.4%/yr ATLC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.2% 235.8% 51.9% ATLC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 33/100 67/100 ATLC

Percentile Scorecard

GROYLUATLC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGROYLUATLC
Valuation 18 #139 of 170 41 #101 of 170 89 #20 of 170
Growth 98 #5 of 160 27 #117 of 160 90 #17 of 160
Profitability 51 #74 of 149 24 #113 of 149 94 #10 of 149
Financial Health 97 #6 of 158 40 #96 of 158 25 #119 of 158
Shareholder Returns 2 #132 of 135 – 35 #88 of 135
Overall 53 33 67
  • GROY ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • LU ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • ATLC ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGROYLUATLCSPY
1 month -10.1%+585.5%-5.5% -0.8%
3 months +7.6%+482.2%-16.1% +3.5%
6 months -20.2%+347.4%+10.1% +7.0%
Year to date -29.7%+232.0%+30.5% +12.2%
1 year -23.0%+157.6%+42.7% +13.0%
3 years +118.5%+123.7%+205.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +29.8%+30.8%+45.1% +23.1%
5 years -44.6%-68.8%+23.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -11.2%-20.8%+4.4% +11.0%
10 years ——+2,404.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+38.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureGROYLUATLCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.2%235.8%51.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.1%59.3%56.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.680.071.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.430.670.82 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.8%-97.2%-74.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.5%0.0%-21.8% -1.8%
52-week high $5.21$8.50$111.79 $779.14
52-week low $2.52$0.83$47.96 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGROYLUATLC
P/E now vs peer median 329.6xmedian 11.0x -16.8xmedian 11.0x 9.0xmedian 11.0x
P/S now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 2.6x 5.7xmedian 2.6x 0.5xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 103.6xmedian 13.1x —median 13.1x 3.6xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 59.0xmedian 6.9x 9.9xmedian 6.9x 1.4xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x 0.6xmedian 0.7x 1.9xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.32 0.38median 0.32 0.46median 0.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGROYLUATLC
Revenue $22.56M $1.29B $2.65B
Gross profit $16.06M – $2.46B
Operating income $5.94M – $1.93B
Net income $1.50M -$381.02M $153.50M
Free cash flow $10.81M $747.06M $936.46M
EPS (diluted) – $-0.51 $7.68
Cash & equivalents $11.33M – $555.22M
Total debt – $9.62B $25.15B
Shares (diluted) – 866.69M 19.17M
Enterprise value $451.38M $1.56B -$829.58M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGROYLUATLC
P/E 329.6x -16.8x 9.0x
P/FCF 59.0x 9.9x 1.4x
P/Operating cash flow 59.0x 9.9x 1.4x
P/S 28.3x 5.7x 0.5x
P/B 0.9x 0.6x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 0.6x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 103.6x – 3.6x
EV/EBIT 105.0x -60.5x 3.6x
EV/Revenue 27.6x 12.3x 2.7x
EV/FCF 57.7x 21.2x 7.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 57.7x 21.2x 7.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.38 0.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGROYLUATLC
Revenue growth (1Y) 82.3% 7.7% 83.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 103.3% -41.4% 34.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 79.8% – 86.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 93.9% – 34.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 390.3% – 90.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 37.5% – 34.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 181.3% 18.8% 26.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.5% -47.3% 12.9%
EPS growth (1Y) – 31.9% 36.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -43.7% 19.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 126.4% 19.6% 87.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 51.4% -25.2% 32.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 126.4% 19.6% 90.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 51.2% -25.2% 33.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGROYLUATLC
Gross margin 71.2% – 92.6%
EBITDA margin 26.7% – 74.2%
Operating margin 26.3% – 72.7%
Pretax margin 51.7% -20.4% 7.7%
Net margin 6.7% -34.1% 5.5%
FCF margin 47.9% 58.1% 35.3%
Operating cash flow margin 47.9% 58.1% 35.3%
Return on equity 1.1% -3.3% 22.8%
Return on assets 0.9% -1.3% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – -1.1% 20.9%
Return on capital employed 0.7% – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 7.2x -2.0x 6.1x
Stock comp / revenue 12.7% – 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGROYLUATLC
Debt / assets – 32.3% 83.7%
Debt / equity – 0.8x 8.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.9x
Debt / FCF – 12.9x 6.7x
Liabilities / assets 14.8% 59.8% 90.6%
Equity / assets 85.2% 40.2% 9.4%
Interest coverage 10.3x -707.1x 4.3x
Current ratio 4.8x – –
Quick ratio 4.2x – –
Cash ratio 2.9x – –
Altman Z-score 3.00 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGROYLUATLC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -17.6% – 1.0%
Shareholder yield -17.6% 0.0% 1.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGROYLUATLC
Forward P/E 71.0xFY2026 – 9.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.04FY2026 $-3.19FY2026 $9.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +61.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +125.0% – +45.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $31.65MFY2026 $4.01BFY2026 $3.18BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +102.8%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026 +61.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +45.8% -9.3% +13.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGROYLUATLC
Held by institutions 32.9% 8.1% 26.0%
Institutions holding 112 76 146
Change in shares held, QoQ -8.0% -12.0% +7.9%
Institutions buying 49 31 93
Institutions selling 33 29 36
Buyers to sellers 1.48 1.07 2.58

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GROYLUATLC
GROY 1.00 0.01 0.13
LU 0.01 1.00 -0.11
ATLC 0.13 -0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GROY, LU and ATLC?

Lufax Holding (LU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gold Royalty (GROY) $501.34M, Lufax Holding (LU) $7.24B, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) $1.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, GROY, LU and ATLC?

Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Gold Royalty (GROY) 332.5x, Lufax Holding (LU) -16.5x, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) 9.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) is cheapest (Gold Royalty (GROY) 71.0x, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) 9.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Gold Royalty (GROY) +82.3%, Lufax Holding (LU) +7.7%, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) +83.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gold Royalty (GROY) has the highest net margin (Gold Royalty (GROY) 6.7%, Lufax Holding (LU) -34.1%, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) 5.5%). On return on invested capital, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) leads (Lufax Holding (LU) -1.1%, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) 20.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lufax Holding (LU) returned the most: Gold Royalty (GROY) -23.0%, Lufax Holding (LU) +157.6%, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) +42.7%. Over five years, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) compounded fastest (Gold Royalty (GROY) -11.2%/yr, Lufax Holding (LU) -20.8%/yr, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) +4.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) has been the steadiest (Gold Royalty (GROY) 53.2%, Lufax Holding (LU) 235.8%, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) 51.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GROY, LU and ATLC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Atlanticus Holdings (ATLC) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.