JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS) Competitors

JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) and LandBridge (NYSE:LB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.

Is JBGS or LB a better dividend stock?

JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. LandBridge pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -53.8% 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. JBG SMITH Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is JBGS or LB more profitable?

LandBridge has a net margin of 0.00% compared to JBG SMITH Properties' net margin of -20.60%. LandBridge's return on equity of 0.00% beat JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JBG SMITH Properties	-20.60%	-5.56%	-2.17%
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer JBGS or LB?

JBG SMITH Properties currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.60%. LandBridge has a consensus price target of $36.57, suggesting a potential downside of 52.76%. Given JBG SMITH Properties' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe JBG SMITH Properties is more favorable than LandBridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JBG SMITH Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
LandBridge	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JBGS or LB?

LandBridge received 662 more outperform votes than JBG SMITH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.50% of users gave JBG SMITH Properties an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave LandBridge an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JBG SMITH Properties	Outperform Votes 278 61.50%	Underperform Votes 174 38.50%
LandBridge	Outperform Votes 940 59.31%	Underperform Votes 645 40.69%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JBGS or LB?

98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of JBG SMITH Properties 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, JBGS or LB?

LandBridge has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JBG SMITH Properties. JBG SMITH Properties 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
JBG SMITH Properties	$564.11M	2.48	-$79.98M	-$1.30	-12.75
LandBridge	$110.95M	51.04	$260.42M	$3.56	21.74

Does the media prefer JBGS or LB?

In the previous week, LandBridge had 4 more articles in the media than JBG SMITH Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LandBridge and 2 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties. JBG SMITH Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat LandBridge's score of 0.87 indicating that JBG SMITH Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JBG SMITH Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
LandBridge	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

LandBridge beats JBG SMITH Properties on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.