Critical Survey: Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP) vs. Its Rivals

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$30.27 million	-$25.12 million	-1.21
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	$4.76 billion	-$71.29 million	49.56

Mobile Infrastructure’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Mobile Infrastructure. Mobile Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, 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 rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mobile Infrastructure	0	0	0	0	N/A
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	259	1327	1202	43	2.36

As a group, “Real estate” companies have a potential upside of 4.28%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mobile Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and its rivals’ 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	-360.02%	-2.39%	-0.53%

Risk & Volatility

Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobile Infrastructure’s rivals have a beta of 1.12, meaning that their average stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mobile Infrastructure rivals 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.