Head-To-Head Survey: LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH) versus FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH)

LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH) and FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares LuxUrban Hotels and FRP’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LuxUrban Hotels	$119.68 million	0.04	-$78.52 million	($2.38)	-0.05
FRP	$41.51 million	12.85	$5.30 million	$0.31	89.02

FRP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LuxUrban Hotels. LuxUrban Hotels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FRP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for LuxUrban Hotels and FRP, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LuxUrban Hotels	0	2	1	0	2.33
FRP	0	0	0	0	N/A

LuxUrban Hotels currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6,780.73%. Given LuxUrban Hotels’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LuxUrban Hotels is more favorable than FRP.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.5% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of FRP shares are held by institutional investors. 51.5% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of FRP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares LuxUrban Hotels and FRP’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LuxUrban Hotels	-77.31%	-303.00%	-2.11%
FRP	14.54%	1.35%	0.86%

Volatility and Risk

LuxUrban Hotels has a beta of -1.37, indicating that its stock price is 237% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FRP has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FRP beats LuxUrban Hotels on 9 of the 13 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 FRP

FRP Holdings, Inc. engages in the real estate business in the United States. It operates through four segments: Industrial and Commercial, Mining Royalty Lands, Development, and Multifamily. The Industrial and Commercial segment owns, leases, and manages commercial properties. The Mining Royalty Lands segment leases and manages mining royalties owned by the company primarily in Florida, Georgia, and Virginia. The Development segment owns and monitors the use of parcels of land that are in various stages of development; and acquires, constructs, and develops primarily for apartment, retail, warehouse, and office buildings. The Multifamily segment owns, leases, and manages buildings through joint ventures. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.