Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX) and Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) Critical Contrast

Mobile Infrastructure (NASDAQ:BEEP) and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mobile Infrastructure	-24.59%	-4.36%	-2.09%
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	164.44%	15.40%	10.25%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Mobile Infrastructure and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mobile Infrastructure	0	0	0	0	0.00
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	0	1	1	0	2.50

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.20%. Given Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is more favorable than Mobile Infrastructure.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mobile Infrastructure and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobile Infrastructure	$35.74 million	3.58	-$25.12 million	($0.90)	-3.39
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	$244.67 million	89.47	$316.64 million	$4.42	5.73

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has higher revenue and earnings than Mobile Infrastructure. Mobile Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Mobile Infrastructure has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.3% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta shares are held by institutional investors. 46.2% of Mobile Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta beats Mobile Infrastructure on 12 of the 14 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 Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, manages, operates, and leases industrial buildings and distribution facilities in Mexico. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.