LandBridge (LB) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and LandBridge (NYSE:LB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Does the media prefer BAM or LB?

In the previous week, Brookfield Asset Management had 11 more articles in the media than LandBridge. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management and 10 mentions for LandBridge. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat LandBridge's score of 0.96 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LandBridge	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BAM or LB?

Brookfield Asset Management currently has a consensus target price of $56.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. LandBridge has a consensus target price of $57.56, suggesting a potential downside of 27.92%. Given Brookfield Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than LandBridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
LandBridge	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is BAM or LB more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 54.47% compared to LandBridge's net margin of 0.00%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 81.16% beat LandBridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	54.47%	81.16%	60.52%
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BAM or LB?

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of LandBridge shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BAM or LB a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. LandBridge pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LandBridge pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BAM or LB?

Brookfield Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than LandBridge. LandBridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, 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
Brookfield Asset Management	$482M	47.40	$2.17B	$1.32	39.06
LandBridge	$109.95M	53.12	$260.42M	$3.56	22.43

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BAM or LB?

LandBridge received 386 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.33% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 59.13% of users gave LandBridge an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 556 65.33%	Underperform Votes 295 34.67%
LandBridge	Outperform Votes 942 59.13%	Underperform Votes 651 40.87%

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats LandBridge on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.