Navient (NAVI) Competitors

Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) and LandBridge (NYSE:LB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is NAVI or LB a better dividend stock?

Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. LandBridge pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Navient pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LandBridge pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NAVI or LB?

LandBridge received 514 more outperform votes than Navient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.16% of users gave LandBridge an outperform vote while only 48.04% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Navient	Outperform Votes 429 48.04%	Underperform Votes 464 51.96%
LandBridge	Outperform Votes 943 59.16%	Underperform Votes 651 40.84%

Which has better earnings and valuation, NAVI or LB?

LandBridge has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Navient. Navient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LandBridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Navient	$961M	1.19	$131M	$1.16	9.66
LandBridge	$109.95M	45.97	$260.42M	$3.56	19.41

Is NAVI or LB more profitable?

Navient has a net margin of 2.96% compared to LandBridge's net margin of 0.00%. Navient's return on equity of 6.69% beat LandBridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navient	2.96%	6.69%	0.33%
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer NAVI or LB?

In the previous week, LandBridge had 4 more articles in the media than Navient. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LandBridge and 3 mentions for Navient. LandBridge's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Navient's score of 0.92 indicating that LandBridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Navient	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LandBridge	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer NAVI or LB?

Navient presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.97%. LandBridge has a consensus price target of $59.44, indicating a potential downside of 13.97%. Given Navient's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Navient is more favorable than LandBridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navient	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
LandBridge	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NAVI or LB?

97.1% of Navient shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of Navient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of LandBridge shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LandBridge beats Navient on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.