Comparing Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP) & Its Peers

Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) is one of 86 publicly-traded companies in the “Real estate” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Mobile Infrastructure to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$30.27 million	-$25.12 million	-1.17
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	$1.39 billion	-$110.31 million	42.36

Mobile Infrastructure’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Mobile Infrastructure. Mobile Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mobile Infrastructure and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mobile Infrastructure	0	0	0	0	N/A
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	281	1381	1256	45	2.36

As a group, “Real estate” companies have a potential upside of 4.87%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mobile Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mobile Infrastructure	-74.35%	-3.08%	-1.49%
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	-338.67%	-2.43%	-0.61%

Risk and Volatility

Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobile Infrastructure’s competitors have a beta of 1.21, indicating that their average share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mobile Infrastructure competitors beat Mobile Infrastructure on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

Mobile Infrastructure Company Profile

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.