Analyzing InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW)

CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) and InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Dividends

CoreCivic pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CoreCivic pays out 262.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays out -20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

85.1% of CoreCivic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.5% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 73.9% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CoreCivic and InnSuites Hospitality Trust”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CoreCivic	$1.97 billion	1.29	$67.59 million	$0.67	34.35
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	$7.48 million	2.95	$200,000.00	($0.10)	-25.20

CoreCivic has higher revenue and earnings than InnSuites Hospitality Trust. InnSuites Hospitality Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

CoreCivic has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InnSuites Hospitality Trust has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for CoreCivic and InnSuites Hospitality Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoreCivic	0	1	2	0	2.67
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00

CoreCivic currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.69%. Given CoreCivic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than InnSuites Hospitality Trust.

Profitability

This table compares CoreCivic and InnSuites Hospitality Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoreCivic	3.85%	6.55%	3.20%
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	-11.56%	-40.28%	-5.83%

Summary

CoreCivic beats InnSuites Hospitality Trust on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CoreCivic

CoreCivic, Inc. owns and operates partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities in the United States. It operates through three segments: CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties. The company provides a range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address America’s recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. Its correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities offer rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, faith-based services, life skills and employment training, and substance abuse treatment. The company owns and operates correctional and detention facilities, residential reentry centers, and properties for lease. CoreCivic, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

About InnSuites Hospitality Trust

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE American symbol: IHT) first listed on the NYSE in 1971 is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona is an unincorporated Ohio Business. Trust that owns and manages hotels under the InnSuites Hotels name. IHT qualifies as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) for tax treatment currently taxed as a corporation with the IRS. IHT has paid dividends each year since 1971 currently at $0.2/year. There are approximately 9 million shares of stock outstanding. In addition, there are approximately 3 million RRF Partnership units convertible 1 to 1 into IHT stock. Total shares and units are approximately 12 million.