Navient (NAVI) Competitors

LandBridge (NYSE:LB) and Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Which has better earnings & valuation, LB or NAVI?

LandBridge has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Navient. LandBridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navient, 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	$134.89M	39.61	$260.42M	$3.56	20.52
Navient	$830M	1.68	$131M	$0.50	27.52

Is LB or NAVI more profitable?

Navient has a net margin of 2.96% compared to LandBridge's net margin of 0.00%. Navient's return on equity of 6.69% beat LandBridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A
Navient	2.96%	6.69%	0.33%

Is LB or NAVI a better dividend stock?

LandBridge pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. LandBridge pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navient pays out 128.0% 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 NAVI?

LandBridge presently has a consensus price target of $60.67, suggesting a potential downside of 16.94%. Navient has a consensus price target of $12.93, suggesting a potential downside of 6.04%. Given Navient's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Navient is more favorable than LandBridge.

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
Navient	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LB or NAVI?

97.1% of Navient shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.4% of LandBridge shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of Navient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LB or NAVI?

LandBridge received 516 more outperform votes than Navient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.21% of users gave LandBridge an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LandBridge	Outperform Votes 945 59.21%	Underperform Votes 651 40.79%
Navient	Outperform Votes 429 47.83%	Underperform Votes 468 52.17%

Does the media favor LB or NAVI?

In the previous week, LandBridge had 1 more articles in the media than Navient. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LandBridge and 4 mentions for Navient. LandBridge's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Navient's score of 0.94 indicating that LandBridge is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LandBridge	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Navient	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

LandBridge beats Navient on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.