Reviewing LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH) and Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP)

Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) and LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and LuxUrban Hotels”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$35.74 million	5.04	-$25.12 million	($0.90)	-4.78
LuxUrban Hotels	$113.40 million	0.01	-$78.52 million	($148.49)	0.00

Mobile Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LuxUrban Hotels. Mobile Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LuxUrban Hotels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and LuxUrban Hotels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mobile Infrastructure	-24.59%	-4.36%	-2.09%
LuxUrban Hotels	-145.57%	N/A	-29.89%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Mobile Infrastructure and LuxUrban Hotels, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mobile Infrastructure	0	0	0	0	0.00
LuxUrban Hotels	0	2	1	0	2.33

LuxUrban Hotels has a consensus target price of $280.00, indicating a potential upside of 45,061.29%. Given LuxUrban Hotels’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LuxUrban Hotels is more favorable than Mobile Infrastructure.

Risk and Volatility

Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LuxUrban Hotels has a beta of -1.5, meaning that its share price is 250% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mobile Infrastructure beats LuxUrban Hotels on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mobile Infrastructure

Mobile Infrastructure Corporation is a Maryland corporation. The Company owns a diversified portfolio of parking assets primarily located in the Midwest and Southwest. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned 43 parking facilities in 21 separate markets throughout the United States, with a total of 15,700 parking spaces and approximately 5.4 million square feet. The Company also owns approximately 0.2 million square feet of retail/commercial space adjacent to its parking facilities.

About LuxUrban Hotels

LuxUrban Hotels Inc. utilizes an asset light business model to lease entire hotels on a long-term basis and rent out hotel rooms in the properties it leases. It manages a portfolio of hotel rooms in New York, Washington D.C., Miami Beach, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. The company was formerly known as CorpHousing Group Inc. and changed its name to LuxUrban Hotels Inc. in November 2022. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.