Head to Head Contrast: LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH) and Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for LuxUrban Hotels and Getty Realty, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LuxUrban Hotels	0	2	1	0	2.33
Getty Realty	0	2	1	0	2.33

LuxUrban Hotels presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 5,254.75%. Getty Realty has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Given LuxUrban Hotels’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LuxUrban Hotels is more favorable than Getty Realty.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LuxUrban Hotels	-77.31%	-11.23%	-2.14%
Getty Realty	33.49%	6.98%	3.59%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LuxUrban Hotels and Getty Realty”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LuxUrban Hotels	$119.68 million	0.03	-$78.52 million	($2.38)	-0.03
Getty Realty	$197.04 million	8.66	$60.15 million	$1.17	27.01

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

Risk & Volatility

LuxUrban Hotels has a beta of -1.43, indicating that its stock price is 243% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Getty Realty has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

28.5% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 51.5% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Getty Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Getty Realty beats LuxUrban Hotels on 10 of the 12 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 Getty Realty

Getty Realty Corp. is a publicly traded, net lease REIT specializing in the acquisition, financing and development of convenience, automotive and other single tenant retail real estate. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s portfolio included 1,093 freestanding properties located in 40 states across the United States and Washington, D.C.