Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

LandBridge Company LLC LB

$83.79 +3.74% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $6.45B

Strong growthHigh qualityStrong trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk

Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.21, up 405.1% year over year.
  2. Operating margin widened to 63.9% from 47.8% a year earlier.
  3. The diluted share count fell 63.6% in a year, mainly through buybacks.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth93Exceptional

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 4%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 12%
Quality84Strong

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 35%
  • Gross marginTop 4%
  • Operating marginTop 5%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 47%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
  • Interest coverTop 50%
Value10Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 40%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 40%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 4%
Momentum92Exceptional

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 25%
  • 6-month returnTop 11%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 19%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 14%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 14%
Revisions13Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 20%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 43%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 14%
Stability15Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 38%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 48%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 8%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)52.8%44.1%↓
Gross margin92.0%92.4%↑
Operating margin47.8%63.9%↑
FCF margin54.8%75.4%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)44.1%52.8%↓Top 13%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)405.1%—Top 6%
Gross margin92.4%92.0%↑Top 4%
Operating margin63.9%47.8%↑Top 5%
Net margin20.5%12.0%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin75.4%54.8%↑—
Return on invested capital9.4%—Top 35%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR56.7%—Top 4%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-7.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
15.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-10.5 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
3.33×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
4.1×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
-0.07%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
-0.07%
Share count change, 1 year
-63.6%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+24.3%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
0 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-44.8%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.1%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$86.00
Target vs current price
+2.6%
Analysts with a rating
52
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
54%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026-5.1%+2.6%+13.9%+16.5%—
May 6, 2026-67.1%-0.4%+2.6%+14.6%+17.0%
Feb 25, 2026-61.3%-0.8%+11.1%+9.7%+14.8%
Nov 12, 2025-45.7%-4.7%-27.5%-33.8%-33.4%
Aug 6, 2025-38.5%+0.5%-11.4%-10.0%+1.8%
May 7, 2025-20.6%-0.1%+1.1%-7.4%-29.1%
Mar 5, 2025-22.7%+0.4%+4.6%+11.3%+13.7%
Nov 6, 2024-73.1%+1.6%+15.7%+16.4%+7.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$0.50$0.53-5.1%$66.8M
May 6, 2026$0.23$0.70-67.1%$51.0M
Feb 25, 2026$0.24$0.62-61.3%$56.8M
Nov 12, 2025$0.26$0.48-45.7%$50.8M
Aug 6, 2025$0.24$0.39-38.5%$47.5M
May 7, 2025$0.27$0.34-20.6%$44.0M
Mar 5, 2025$0.25$0.33-22.7%$36.5M
Nov 6, 2024$0.07$0.26-73.1%$28.5M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)37.9×——Bottom 40%
P/E (forward)44.5×———
EV / EBITDA46.6×——Bottom 14%
EV / Sales30.82×——Bottom 4%
Free-cash-flow yield2.64%——Bottom 40%
Earnings yield2.64%——Bottom 40%

P/E over the past five years

Range 5.3× – 135.0× since Sep 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+50.8%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+405.1%
Change in P/E multiple
+145.1%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
1
Days above the 200-day average
69
50-day average slope (20 days)
+4.8%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+3.9%
Distance from 50-day average
+1.6%
Distance from 200-day average
+19.2%
RSI (14)
50.9
Relative volume
0.90×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
46.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
2th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.30
Correlation with S&P 500
0.32
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-6.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-48.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 11, 2025Jan 7, 2026-48.3%38 days155 days (Aug 20, 2026)
May 16, 2025Oct 10, 2025-42.2%101 days22 days (Nov 11, 2025)
Nov 27, 2024Dec 18, 2024-32.4%14 days20 days (Jan 21, 2025)
Jan 21, 2025Apr 4, 2025-27.9%52 days29 days (May 16, 2025)
Aug 23, 2024Sep 10, 2024-21.3%11 days10 days (Sep 24, 2024)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$6.45B
P/E (TTM)
37.9
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.21
Revenue (TTM)
$225.5M
Dividend yield
0.55%
52-week range
$43.75 – $91.69
FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$51.8M$72.9M$110.0M$199.1M
Gross profit$41.2M$60.7M$99.0M$181.1M
Operating income-$3.2M$70.0M-$16.5M$118.5M
Net income-$6.4M$63.2M$5.1M$30.1M
EPS (diluted)-$0.44$4.36$0.07$1.08
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$28.5M$36.5M$44.0M$47.5M$50.8M$56.8M$51.0M$66.8M
Net income$2.7M$2.5M$6.5M$7.3M$8.1M$8.1M$17.9M$12.3M
EPS (diluted)-$0.04$0.04$0.20$0.24$0.26$0.91$0.64$0.40
FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$20.5M$53.0M$67.6M$126.3M
Capital expenditure-$3.3M-$2.8M-$985,000-$4.2M
Free cash flow$17.2M$50.3M$66.7M$122.0M
Dividends paid-$1.1M-$105.2M-$178.2M-$63.7M
Net share buybacks$0$0$617.6M$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$39.8M
Total assets
$1.38B
Total liabilities
$545.5M
Total debt
$535.7M
Net debt
$495.9M
Shareholders’ equity
$355.5M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 27, 2026$0.12Sep 10, 2026
Jun 4, 2026$0.12Jun 18, 2026
Mar 5, 2026$0.12Mar 19, 2026
Dec 4, 2025$0.10Dec 18, 2025
Sep 4, 2025$0.10Sep 18, 2025
Jun 5, 2025$0.10Jun 19, 2025
Mar 6, 2025$0.10Mar 20, 2025
Dec 5, 2024$0.10Dec 19, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
3,530,256
Days to cover
17.03
Change vs previous report
-0.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

May 31, 2000
2-for-1
Jun 2, 1998
10,000-for-9,827
Jun 20, 1990
2-for-1
Jun 24, 1986
3-for-2
Jun 26, 1985
2-for-1