Bimini Capital Management (OTCMKTS:BMNM) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) Financial Review

Bimini Capital Management (OTCMKTS:BMNM) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Bimini Capital Management has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bimini Capital Management and CubeSmart’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bimini Capital Management	-40.69%	-56.73%	-3.59%
CubeSmart	37.79%	14.33%	6.48%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Bimini Capital Management and CubeSmart, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bimini Capital Management	0	0	0	0	0.00
CubeSmart	1	6	4	0	2.27

CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $51.36, suggesting a potential upside of 11.01%. Given CubeSmart’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Bimini Capital Management.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. 31.0% of Bimini Capital Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bimini Capital Management and CubeSmart”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bimini Capital Management	$13.60 million	0.78	-$3.98 million	($0.46)	-2.28
CubeSmart	$1.05 billion	9.96	$410.76 million	$1.77	26.14

CubeSmart has higher revenue and earnings than Bimini Capital Management. Bimini Capital Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

CubeSmart beats Bimini Capital Management on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bimini Capital Management

Bimini Capital Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Asset Management and Investment Portfolio. The Asset Management segment includes investment advisory services by Bimini Advisors to Orchid Island Capital, Inc. and Royal Palm Capital, LLC. The Investment Portfolio segment engages in investment activities conducted by Royal Palm Capital, LLC. It invests in residential mortgage-backed securities. The company was formerly known as Opteum Inc. and changed its name to Bimini Capital Management, Inc. in September 2007. Bimini Capital Management, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Vero Beach, Florida.

About CubeSmart

CubeSmart is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company's self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible and, in most locations, climate-controlled storage space for residential and commercial customers. According to the 2023 Self-Storage Almanac, CubeSmart is one of the top three owners and operators of self-storage properties in the United States.