Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP) & Its Competitors Critical Contrast

Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) is one of 83 publicly-traded companies in the “Real estate” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Mobile Infrastructure to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$34.05 million	-$25.12 million	-1.09
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	$11.87 billion	-$107.87 million	52.46

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

Profitability

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and its peers’ 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	-352.52%	-2.37%	-0.54%

Volatility and Risk

Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobile Infrastructure’s peers have a beta of 1.03, meaning that their average share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Mobile Infrastructure and its peers, 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	270	1351	1212	45	2.36

As a group, “Real estate” companies have a potential upside of 5.47%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mobile Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mobile Infrastructure peers 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.