Financial Review: Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP) and Its Rivals

Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) is one of 81 publicly-traded companies in the “Real estate” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Mobile Infrastructure to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$34.05 million	-$25.12 million	-1.18
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	$4.76 billion	-$69.01 million	64.30

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 Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Mobile Infrastructure and its competitors, as reported 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	248	1340	1203	43	2.37

As a group, “Real estate” companies have a potential upside of 2.92%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mobile Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobile Infrastructure’s competitors have a beta of 0.92, suggesting that their average share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	-349.40%	-2.26%	-0.46%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.0% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.