Reviewing Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP) & Its Rivals

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.0% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings 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	248	1340	1203	43	2.37

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

Risk and Volatility

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 peers have a beta of 0.92, indicating that their average share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	-349.40%	-2.26%	-0.46%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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 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.

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.