MAYS vs FRPH vs LB Stock Comparison

Mays J W, Frp Holdings and LandBridge Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MAYS Mays J W Inc
$42.22 +6.8% 1M +10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$90.71M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$21.43M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Operators Real Estate
1 win
FRPH Frp Holdings, Inc.
$18.96 -10.2% 1M -24.1% 1Y
Market cap
$352.62M
P/E
259.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$43.62M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Operators Real Estate
1 win
LB LandBridge Corp
$79.44 -2.4% 1M +33.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.20B
P/E
25.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$225.45M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Operators Real Estate
8 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

LandBridge leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (LandBridge 8, Mays J W 1, Frp Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMAYSFRPHLBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $90.71M $352.62M $2.20B LB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -78.8x 259.1x 25.2x LB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 49.3x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.9% +3.1% +44.1% LB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.4% 3.1% 38.8% LB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -2.1% 0.9% 9.1% LB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.4x 6.4x 3.2x LB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.5% -24.1% +33.4% LB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.5%/yr -7.6%/yr — MAYS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.0% 25.8% 60.8% FRPH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 36/100 30/100 63/100 LB

Percentile Scorecard

MAYSFRPHLB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMAYSFRPHLB
Valuation 34 #26 of 39 24 #30 of 39 32 #27 of 39
Growth 16 #28 of 33 13 #29 of 33 91 #4 of 33
Profitability 45 #17 of 30 48 #16 of 30 90 #4 of 30
Financial Health 49 #20 of 38 35 #25 of 38 73 #11 of 38
Shareholder Returns – – 31 #10 of 14
Overall 36 30 63
  • MAYS ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • FRPH ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • LB ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMAYSFRPHLBSPY
1 month +6.8%-10.2%-2.4% -0.8%
3 months +8.1%-19.5%+5.4% +3.5%
6 months +4.3%-11.6%+14.9% +7.0%
Year to date +5.7%-16.8%+62.2% +12.2%
1 year +10.5%-24.1%+33.4% +13.0%
3 years -11.3%-29.8%— +86.3%
3 years, per year -3.9%-11.1%— +23.1%
5 years +18.8%-32.8%— +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.5%-7.6%— +11.0%
10 years -8.4%+18.9%— +258.0%
10 years, per year -0.9%+1.7%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMAYSFRPHLBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.0%25.8%60.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.2%26.7%59.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.460.260.65 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.31-0.930.55 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.7%-42.2%-48.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.2%-25.8%-11.4% -1.8%
52-week high $55.00$25.56$89.71 $779.14
52-week low $37.55$18.77$44.20 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMAYSFRPHLB
P/E now vs peer median -73.9xmedian 7.8x 265.2xmedian 7.8x 25.4xmedian 7.8x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 4.9x 8.3xmedian 4.9x 27.1xmedian 4.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 100.2xmedian 11.2x 26.9xmedian 11.2x 42.4xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -28.3xmedian 6.4x —median 6.4x 40.4xmedian 6.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 0.6x 0.8xmedian 0.6x 7.3xmedian 0.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.13median 0.33 -8.16median 0.33 —median 0.33

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMAYSFRPHLB
Revenue $21.43M $43.62M $225.45M
Gross profit – – $222.84M
Operating income -$1.66M $6.16M $138.30M
Net income $21.32M $1.32M $87.38M
Free cash flow -$3.01M – $151.28M
EPS (diluted) $-0.57 $0.07 $1.13
Cash & equivalents $3.14M $100.98M $39.80M
Total debt $6.13M $214.62M $535.72M
Shares (diluted) 2.02M 19.06M 76.99M
Enterprise value $81.11M -$143.00M $2.07B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMAYSFRPHLB
P/E -73.9x 265.2x 25.4x
P/FCF -28.3x – 40.4x
P/Operating cash flow 47.1x – 39.3x
P/S 4.0x 8.3x 27.1x
P/B 1.6x 0.8x 7.3x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 0.8x 8.7x
EV/EBITDA 100.2x 26.9x 42.4x
EV/EBIT -53.1x 77.5x 47.8x
EV/Revenue 4.1x 10.9x 29.3x
EV/FCF -29.3x – 43.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 48.8x – 42.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.13 -8.16 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMAYSFRPHLB
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.9% 3.1% 44.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.9% 3.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 44.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -1,551% -38.3% 85.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -98.6% -15.4% –
Net income growth (1Y) 28,402% -75.5% 122.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1,700% -33.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) -1,429% -74.5% 120.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -580.3% -32.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.4% – 77.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.9% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1,306% – 76.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -68.7% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMAYSFRPHLB
Gross margin – – 98.8%
EBITDA margin 4.1% 40.7% 69.0%
Operating margin -7.7% 14.1% 61.3%
Pretax margin -7.6% 24.5% 43.6%
Net margin -5.4% 3.1% 38.8%
FCF margin -14.0% – 67.1%
Operating cash flow margin 8.4% – 69.0%
Return on equity -2.2% 0.2% 10.7%
Return on assets -1.3% 0.1% 6.4%
Return on invested capital -2.1% 0.9% 9.1%
Return on capital employed – – 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x – 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 6.3% 20.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMAYSFRPHLB
Debt / assets 6.8% 28.2% 38.9%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.5x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.4x 6.4x 3.2x
Debt / FCF -2.0x – 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 42.7% 40.3% 39.6%
Equity / assets 57.3% 59.7% 60.4%
Interest coverage -8.0x 2.1x –
Current ratio – – 7.3x
Quick ratio – – 6.9x
Cash ratio – – 4.1x
Altman Z-score – – 7.31

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMAYSFRPHLB
Dividend yield – – 0.6%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – – 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMAYSFRPHLB
Forward P/E – – 49.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – – $1.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +17.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +46.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – – $261.70MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – – +31.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – – +27.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMAYSFRPHLB
Held by institutions 3.6% 47.8% 37.0%
Institutions holding 10 109 192
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.1% +3.0% +4.2%
Institutions buying 2 56 108
Institutions selling 1 30 57
Buyers to sellers 2.00 1.87 1.89

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MAYSFRPHLB
MAYS 1.00 0.07 0.07
FRPH 0.07 1.00 0.03
LB 0.07 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MAYS, FRPH and LB?

LandBridge (LB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mays J W (MAYS) $90.71M, Frp Holdings (FRPH) $352.62M, LandBridge (LB) $2.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, MAYS, FRPH and LB?

LandBridge (LB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Mays J W (MAYS) -78.8x, Frp Holdings (FRPH) 259.1x, LandBridge (LB) 25.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

LandBridge (LB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Mays J W (MAYS) -3.9%, Frp Holdings (FRPH) +3.1%, LandBridge (LB) +44.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

LandBridge (LB) has the highest net margin (Mays J W (MAYS) -5.4%, Frp Holdings (FRPH) 3.1%, LandBridge (LB) 38.8%). On return on invested capital, LandBridge (LB) leads (Mays J W (MAYS) -2.1%, Frp Holdings (FRPH) 0.9%, LandBridge (LB) 9.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year LandBridge (LB) returned the most: Mays J W (MAYS) +10.5%, Frp Holdings (FRPH) -24.1%, LandBridge (LB) +33.4%. Over five years, Mays J W (MAYS) compounded fastest (Mays J W (MAYS) +3.5%/yr, Frp Holdings (FRPH) -7.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Frp Holdings (FRPH) has been the steadiest (Mays J W (MAYS) 34.0%, Frp Holdings (FRPH) 25.8%, LandBridge (LB) 60.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MAYS, FRPH and LB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, LandBridge (LB) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.