Mesabi Trust (MSB) Competitors

Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) and Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is MSB or NAVI more profitable?

Mesabi Trust has a net margin of 93.80% compared to Navient's net margin of 2.96%. Mesabi Trust's return on equity of 231.09% beat Navient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mesabi Trust	93.80%	231.09%	205.66%
Navient	2.96%	6.69%	0.33%

Is MSB or NAVI a better dividend stock?

Mesabi Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Mesabi Trust pays out 31.5% 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. Mesabi Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MSB or NAVI?

Navient has higher revenue and earnings than Mesabi Trust. Mesabi Trust 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
Mesabi Trust	$25.46M	13.70	$18.98M	$7.11	3.74
Navient	$830M	1.67	$131M	$0.50	27.38

Which has more volatility & risk, MSB or NAVI?

Mesabi Trust has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MSB or NAVI?

97.1% of Navient shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mesabi Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of Navient shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MSB or NAVI?

Navient received 279 more outperform votes than Mesabi Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.24% of users gave Mesabi Trust an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mesabi Trust	Outperform Votes 150 62.24%	Underperform Votes 91 37.76%
Navient	Outperform Votes 429 47.83%	Underperform Votes 468 52.17%

Do analysts rate MSB or NAVI?

Navient has a consensus price target of $12.93, indicating a potential downside of 5.56%. Given Navient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Navient is more favorable than Mesabi Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mesabi Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Navient	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Does the media favor MSB or NAVI?

In the previous week, Navient had 2 more articles in the media than Mesabi Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Navient and 2 mentions for Mesabi Trust. Mesabi Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Navient's score of 0.94 indicating that Mesabi Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mesabi Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 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

Navient beats Mesabi Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.