LandBridge (LB) Competitors

LandBridge (NYSE:LB) and Nomura (NYSE:NMR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LB or NMR?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than LandBridge. Nomura 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
LandBridge	$110.95M	38.58	$260.42M	$3.56	16.44
Nomura	$1.57T	0.01	$1.14B	$0.59	9.78

Is LB or NMR more profitable?

Nomura has a net margin of 6.91% compared to LandBridge's net margin of 0.00%. Nomura's return on equity of 7.93% beat LandBridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nomura	6.91%	7.93%	0.48%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LB or NMR?

15.1% of Nomura shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of LandBridge shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Nomura shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LB or NMR?

LandBridge received 703 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.23% of users gave LandBridge an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LandBridge	Outperform Votes 940 59.23%	Underperform Votes 647 40.77%
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.86%	Underperform Votes 203 46.14%

Does the media refer more to LB or NMR?

In the previous week, LandBridge had 6 more articles in the media than Nomura. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LandBridge and 2 mentions for Nomura. Nomura's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat LandBridge's score of 0.26 indicating that Nomura 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nomura	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LB or NMR a better dividend stock?

LandBridge pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. LandBridge pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nomura pays out 44.1% 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.

Do analysts rate LB or NMR?

LandBridge presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.65%. Given LandBridge's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe LandBridge is more favorable than Nomura.

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
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

LandBridge beats Nomura on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.