Financial Review: Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP) and Its Peers

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

Volatility and Risk

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

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	-352.19%	-2.34%	-0.52%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$30.27 million	-$25.12 million	-1.13
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	$11.84 billion	-$69.21 million	55.86

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.

Insider and Institutional 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, 17.8% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Mobile Infrastructure and its rivals, 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	1349	1211	45	2.36

As a group, “Real estate” companies have a potential upside of 3.60%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mobile Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Mobile Infrastructure rivals 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.