LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH – Get Free Report) and Urban Edge Properties (NYSE:UE – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Risk and Volatility
LuxUrban Hotels has a beta of -1.38, suggesting that its share price is 238% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban Edge Properties has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for LuxUrban Hotels and Urban Edge Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LuxUrban Hotels | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Urban Edge Properties | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares LuxUrban Hotels and Urban Edge Properties”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LuxUrban Hotels | $72.79 million | 0.03 | -$78.52 million | ($148.49) | -0.01 |
| Urban Edge Properties | $445.18 million | 5.99 | $248.50 million | $2.23 | 9.58 |
Urban Edge Properties has higher revenue and earnings than LuxUrban Hotels. LuxUrban Hotels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban Edge Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
28.5% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Urban Edge Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares LuxUrban Hotels and Urban Edge Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LuxUrban Hotels | -145.57% | N/A | -29.89% |
| Urban Edge Properties | 59.23% | 20.89% | 8.15% |
Summary
Urban Edge Properties beats LuxUrban Hotels on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LuxUrban Hotels
LuxUrban Hotels Inc. utilizes an asset light business model to lease entire hotels on a long-term basis and rent out hotel rooms in the properties it leases. It manages a portfolio of hotel rooms in New York, Washington D.C., Miami Beach, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. The company was formerly known as CorpHousing Group Inc. and changed its name to LuxUrban Hotels Inc. in November 2022. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
About Urban Edge Properties
Urban Edge Properties is a NYSE listed real estate investment trust focused on owning, managing, acquiring, developing, and redeveloping retail real estate in urban communities, primarily in the Washington, D.C. to Boston corridor. Urban Edge owns 76 properties totaling 17.1 million square feet of gross leasable area.
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