Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP – Get Free Report) and Safehold (NYSE:SAFE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safehold has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. 36.6% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Safehold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mobile Infrastructure | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Safehold | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.10 |
Mobile Infrastructure presently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 128.94%. Safehold has a consensus price target of $17.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.83%. Given Mobile Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Mobile Infrastructure is more favorable than Safehold.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and Safehold”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mobile Infrastructure | $35.08 million | 3.21 | -$21.44 million | ($0.60) | -4.55 |
| Safehold | $385.55 million | 2.82 | $114.47 million | $1.62 | 9.48 |
Safehold has higher revenue and earnings than Mobile Infrastructure. Mobile Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safehold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and Safehold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mobile Infrastructure | -67.22% | -11.25% | -4.69% |
| Safehold | 27.70% | 4.76% | 1.62% |
Summary
Safehold beats Mobile Infrastructure on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Safehold
Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE) is revolutionizing real estate ownership by providing a new and better way for owners to unlock the value of the land beneath their buildings. Having created the modern ground lease industry in 2017, Safehold continues to help owners of high quality multifamily, office, industrial, hospitality, student housing, life science and mixed-use properties generate higher returns with less risk. The Company, which is taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT), seeks to deliver safe, growing income and long-term capital appreciation to its shareholders.
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