Financial Contrast: Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) and LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH)

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

Profitability

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

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

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

Mobile Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

28.5% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by company 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.

Summary

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

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.

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.