Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT) Competitors

DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:PBT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend DBRG or PBT?

DigitalBridge Group currently has a consensus price target of $16.39, indicating a potential upside of 76.79%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Permian Basin Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DBRG or PBT?

92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Permian Basin Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DigitalBridge 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 more volatility & risk, DBRG or PBT?

DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DBRG or PBT a better dividend stock?

DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays out 38.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Basin Royalty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is DBRG or PBT more profitable?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a net margin of 96.32% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 10.98%. Permian Basin Royalty Trust's return on equity of 17,811.24% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalBridge Group	10.98%	4.29%	2.06%
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	96.32%	17,811.24%	714.67%

Does the media prefer DBRG or PBT?

In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 2 more articles in the media than Permian Basin Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 5 mentions for Permian Basin Royalty Trust. Permian Basin Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.84 indicating that Permian Basin Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DigitalBridge Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DBRG or PBT?

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Basin Royalty Trust. Permian Basin Royalty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge 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
DigitalBridge Group	$607.03M	2.66	$185.28M	$0.03	309.00
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	$27.11M	17.40	$27.98M	$0.55	18.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DBRG or PBT?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust received 125 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.71% of users gave Permian Basin Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 40 56.34%	Underperform Votes 31 43.66%
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 165 63.71%	Underperform Votes 94 36.29%

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Permian Basin Royalty Trust on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.