Uniti Group (UNIT) Competitors

LandBridge (NYSE:LB) and Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LB or UNIT?

87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of LandBridge shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer LB or UNIT?

In the previous week, LandBridge had 6 more articles in the media than Uniti Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for LandBridge and 5 mentions for Uniti Group. Uniti Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat LandBridge's score of 0.48 indicating that Uniti Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LandBridge	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Uniti Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LB or UNIT?

LandBridge received 501 more outperform votes than Uniti Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.72% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave LandBridge an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LandBridge	Outperform Votes 942 59.25%	Underperform Votes 648 40.75%
Uniti Group	Outperform Votes 441 65.72%	Underperform Votes 230 34.28%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LB or UNIT?

LandBridge has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Uniti Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Uniti Group	$1.15B	1.16	-$81.71M	$0.41	13.29

Do analysts recommend LB or UNIT?

LandBridge presently has a consensus price target of $53.33, suggesting a potential downside of 17.47%. Uniti Group has a consensus price target of $7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.56%. Given Uniti Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than LandBridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LandBridge	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Uniti Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is LB or UNIT more profitable?

Uniti Group has a net margin of 8.82% compared to LandBridge's net margin of 0.00%. LandBridge's return on equity of 0.00% beat Uniti Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A
Uniti Group	8.82%	-4.12%	2.02%

Summary

Uniti Group beats LandBridge on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.