Mobile Infrastructure (BEEP) and Its Rivals Critical Contrast

Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) is one of 86 public companies in the “Real estate” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Mobile Infrastructure to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent 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	281	1381	1256	45	2.36

As a group, “Real estate” companies have a potential upside of 6.13%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mobile Infrastructure has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobile Infrastructure’s peers have a beta of 1.19, meaning that their average stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$34.05 million	-$25.12 million	-1.21
Mobile Infrastructure Competitors	$11.65 billion	-$110.31 million	42.38

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	-338.67%	-2.43%	-0.61%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of shares of all “Real estate” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mobile Infrastructure peers beat Mobile Infrastructure on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

Mobile Infrastructure Company Profile

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.