Reviewing Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP) and Its Competitors

Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) is one of 82 publicly-traded companies in the “Real estate” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Mobile Infrastructure to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are held by institutional investors. 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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	-352.29%	-2.33%	-0.52%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$34.05 million	-$25.12 million	-1.13
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	$4.75 billion	-$41.93 million	56.78

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.

Risk & Volatility

Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobile Infrastructure’s competitors have a beta of 1.15, indicating that their average stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Mobile Infrastructure and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mobile Infrastructure	0	0	0	0	N/A
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	266	1332	1188	44	2.36

As a group, “Real estate” companies have a potential upside of 4.61%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mobile Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

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

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.