Head to Head Review: Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) & Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE)

Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE) and Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Urban Edge Properties and Mobile Infrastructure, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urban Edge Properties	0	2	0	0	2.00
Mobile Infrastructure	0	0	0	0	0.00

Urban Edge Properties presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.01%. Given Urban Edge Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Urban Edge Properties is more favorable than Mobile Infrastructure.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Urban Edge Properties and Mobile Infrastructure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urban Edge Properties	$445.18 million	6.45	$248.50 million	$2.23	10.31
Mobile Infrastructure	$34.05 million	3.16	-$25.12 million	($2.61)	-1.28

Urban Edge Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Mobile Infrastructure. Mobile Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Edge Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Urban Edge Properties and Mobile Infrastructure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urban Edge Properties	59.23%	20.89%	8.15%
Mobile Infrastructure	-74.35%	-3.08%	-1.49%

Summary

Urban Edge Properties beats Mobile Infrastructure on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urban Edge Properties

Urban Edge Properties is a NYSE listed real estate investment trust focused on owning, managing, acquiring, developing, and redeveloping retail real estate in urban communities, primarily in the Washington, D.C. to Boston corridor. Urban Edge owns 76 properties totaling 17.1 million square feet of gross leasable area.

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.