Reviewing San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:SJT) and LandBridge (NYSE:LB)

LandBridge (NYSE:LB) and San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:SJT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for LandBridge and San Juan Basin Royalty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LandBridge	0	2	6	0	2.75
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A

LandBridge currently has a consensus target price of $34.14, suggesting a potential downside of 10.13%. Given LandBridge’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe LandBridge is more favorable than San Juan Basin Royalty Trust.

Profitability

This table compares LandBridge and San Juan Basin Royalty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust	82.97%	466.64%	245.06%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LandBridge and San Juan Basin Royalty Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LandBridge	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust	$53.39 million	N/A	$51.64 million	$0.42	8.05

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LandBridge.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.4% of San Juan Basin Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of LandBridge shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust beats LandBridge on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LandBridge

LandBridge Company LLC owns and manages land and resources to support and enhance oil and natural gas development in the United States. It owns surface acres in and around the Delaware Basin in Texas and New Mexico. The company holds a portfolio of oil and gas royalties. It also sells brackish water and other surface composite materials. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Houston, Texas. LandBridge Company LLC operates as a subsidiary of LandBridge Holdings LLC.

About San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust operates as an express trust in Texas. The company has a 75% net overriding royalty interest in Southland's oil and natural gas interests in properties located in the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico. It also owns subject interests consist of working interests, royalty interests, overriding royalty interests, and other contractual rights in 119,000 net-producing acres in San Juan, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval Counties of northwestern New Mexico. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Dallas, Texas.