Which is better, JOE or LANDO?

On the Buffett-Fit framework, The St. Joe Company (JOE) currently grades higher than LANDO — 66/100 (D grade) vs 23/100 (F). That said, "better" depends on which framework you trust — JOE wins on Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, Peter Lynch, Joel Greenblatt, Charlie Munger, and Terry Smith; LANDO wins on none. The full pillar breakdown is on this page.

Should I buy JOE or LANDO?

This page is an educational comparison, not investment advice. Both JOE and LANDO are graded against the same Buffett 5-pillar framework (moat, earnings durability, management quality, financial health, valuation) plus six other documented investor frameworks. Read the side-by-side breakdown to see which one matches the criteria you care about most — and always do your own research before making any investment decision.

Is JOE better than LANDO for value investing?

On the Buffett-style value-investing framework, JOE currently grades higher — 66/100 vs 23/100, a 43-point gap. The gap is driven by which pillars each stock passes; the table on this page shows moat, durability, management, financial health, and valuation side-by-side.

What's the difference between JOE and LANDO on Warren Buffett's framework?

Both stocks are evaluated on the same five pillars: economic moat (durable competitive advantage), earnings durability (consistent profitability), management quality (capital allocation), financial health (conservative balance sheet), and valuation (margin of safety). JOE currently scores 66/100 (D grade); LANDO scores 23/100 (F grade). The "Where each wins" section on this page breaks down which pillar each stock dominates.

Which has the stronger moat, JOE or LANDO?

Moat strength is one of the five pillars in the Buffett-Fit score on this page. JOE and LANDO are each scored on ROIC sustainability, gross-margin durability, and qualitative signals like brand strength, switching costs, network effects, and regulatory barriers. The pillar breakdown on this page shows the moat sub-score side-by-side so you can see which one has the more durable competitive advantage.

Which is more undervalued, JOE or LANDO?

Valuation is one of the five Buffett-Fit pillars on this page. Both stocks are scored on owner-earnings yield, price-to-intrinsic-value vs the underlying compounding rate, and the margin of safety relative to a conservative DCF. The valuation sub-score in the table below tells you which one currently trades at a more attractive price relative to its underlying business quality.

Are JOE and LANDO both Real Estate stocks?

Yes — both The St. Joe Company (JOE) and Gladstone Land Corporation (LANDO) operate in the Real Estate sector. That makes this a direct sector-peer comparison, which is the apples-to-apples way to use the Buffett-Fit framework: the score weighs each stock against its sector's specific quality and valuation benchmarks (sector-relative bonus), so the cross-stock comparison isn't distorted by inter-sector base-rate differences.

Is this JOE vs LANDO comparison investment advice?

No. This page is an educational pattern-match against documented public frameworks (Buffett, Graham, Fisher, Lynch, Greenblatt, Munger, Smith), not personalised investment advice. The scores reflect how closely each stock matches each framework's documented criteria — they are not buy/hold/sell recommendations. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial adviser for personalised advice.

Stock comparison

The St. Joe

Gladstone Land

Scored across Buffett, Graham, Lynch and Greenblatt - plus a side-by-side metric table covering valuation, quality, growth and balance sheet.

JOE

The St. Joe

Market cap

$3.66B

Sector

Real Estate

LANDO

Gladstone Land

Market cap

$748.66M

Sector

Real Estate

Overall winner

The St. Joe JOE

Wins on the combined sum of fit scores across all four strategies. Per-strategy breakdown below.

Fit scores by strategy

Strategy	JOE	LANDO	Winner
Warren Buffett	66D	23F	JOE
Benjamin Graham	77B	23F	JOE
Philip Fisher	64C	31F	JOE
Peter Lynch	70B	9F	JOE
Joel Greenblatt	47D	32F	JOE
Charlie Munger	62D	25F	JOE
Terry Smith	62D	19F	JOE

Side-by-side metrics

Metric	JOE	LANDO
Market cap	$3.66B	$748.66M
P/E (TTM)	32.6x	-
EV/EBIT	27.9x	16.2x
ROIC (TTM)	7.75%	2.06%
Gross margin	92.62%	14.86%
Net margin	21.64%	-13.4%
Revenue CAGR 5y	17.75%	4.07%
EPS CAGR 5y	12.02%	-
Debt / Equity	0.7x	-
Dividend yield	0.94%	5.93%

Where each one wins

The metrics with the biggest gap between the two - sorted so the most decisive edges read first.

JOE leads on

Net margin21.64%vs -13.4%+162%
Gross margin92.62%vs 14.86%+84%
Market cap$3.66Bvs $748.66M+80%
Revenue CAGR 5y17.75%vs 4.07%+77%

LANDO leads on

P/E (TTM)-vs 32.6x+198%
Debt / Equity-vs 0.7x+100%
ROIC (TTM)2.06%vs 7.75%+96%
Dividend yield5.93%vs 0.94%+84%

Educational tool. Fit scores are deterministic projections from public financials onto each investor's published criteria - not personal recommendations or advice.

The St. Joe

Gladstone Land

Fit scores by strategy

Side-by-side metrics

Where each one wins

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