LandBridge (LB) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LB or CG?

55.9% of The Carlyle Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of LandBridge shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of The Carlyle Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LB or CG?

LandBridge has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Carlyle Group. LandBridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Carlyle Group, 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
LandBridge	$110.95M	51.04	$260.42M	$3.56	21.74
The Carlyle Group	$2.26B	8.50	-$608.40M	$0.29	185.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LB or CG?

LandBridge received 351 more outperform votes than The Carlyle Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.31% of users gave LandBridge an outperform vote while only 56.63% of users gave The Carlyle Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LandBridge	Outperform Votes 940 59.31%	Underperform Votes 645 40.69%
The Carlyle Group	Outperform Votes 589 56.63%	Underperform Votes 451 43.37%

Is LB or CG a better dividend stock?

LandBridge pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. The Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. LandBridge pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Carlyle Group pays out 482.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend LB or CG?

LandBridge currently has a consensus price target of $36.57, indicating a potential downside of 52.76%. The Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $53.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.59%. Given The Carlyle Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Carlyle Group is more favorable than LandBridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LandBridge	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
The Carlyle Group	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is LB or CG more profitable?

The Carlyle Group has a net margin of 2.21% compared to LandBridge's net margin of 0.00%. The Carlyle Group's return on equity of 24.91% beat LandBridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Carlyle Group	2.21%	24.91%	6.76%

Does the media refer more to LB or CG?

In the previous week, The Carlyle Group had 10 more articles in the media than LandBridge. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for The Carlyle Group and 6 mentions for LandBridge. The Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat LandBridge's score of 0.87 indicating that The Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LandBridge	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Carlyle Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

The Carlyle Group beats LandBridge on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.