Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP – Get Free Report) and Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Mobile Infrastructure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Hudson Pacific Properties | -44.01% | -12.64% | -4.46% |
| Mobile Infrastructure | -24.59% | -4.36% | -2.09% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Hudson Pacific Properties | $842.08 million | 0.50 | -$173.89 million | ($2.57) | -1.15 |
| Mobile Infrastructure | $37.01 million | 4.14 | -$25.12 million | ($0.24) | -15.00 |
Mobile Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Mobile Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Pacific Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Hudson Pacific Properties and Mobile Infrastructure, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Hudson Pacific Properties | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.90 |
| Mobile Infrastructure | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Hudson Pacific Properties currently has a consensus target price of $3.54, suggesting a potential upside of 19.36%. Mobile Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $5.67, suggesting a potential upside of 57.41%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mobile Infrastructure is more favorable than Hudson Pacific Properties.
Volatility & Risk
Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mobile Infrastructure beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Hudson Pacific Properties
Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) is a real estate investment trust serving dynamic tech and media tenants in global epicenters for these synergistic, converging and secular growth industries. Hudson Pacific's unique and high-barrier tech and media focus leverages a full-service, end-to-end value creation platform forged through deep strategic relationships and niche expertise across identifying, acquiring, transforming and developing properties into world-class amenitized, collaborative and sustainable office and studio space.
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.
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