Analyzing InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) and Bimini Capital Management (OTCMKTS:BMNM)

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) and Bimini Capital Management (OTCMKTS:BMNM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.5% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of Bimini Capital Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for InnSuites Hospitality Trust and Bimini Capital Management, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A
Bimini Capital Management	0	0	0	0	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares InnSuites Hospitality Trust and Bimini Capital Management’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	$7.48 million	1.80	$200,000.00	$0.03	49.98
Bimini Capital Management	$13.60 million	0.48	-$3.98 million	($0.39)	-1.67

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	2.99%	6.63%	1.38%
Bimini Capital Management	-31.83%	-33.43%	-3.65%

Volatility and Risk

InnSuites Hospitality Trust has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bimini Capital Management has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

InnSuites Hospitality Trust beats Bimini Capital Management on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About InnSuites Hospitality Trust

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE American symbol: IHT) first listed on the NYSE in 1971 is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona is an unincorporated Ohio Business. Trust that owns and manages hotels under the InnSuites Hotels name. IHT qualifies as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) for tax treatment currently taxed as a corporation with the IRS. IHT has paid dividends each year since 1971 currently at $0.2/year. There are approximately 9 million shares of stock outstanding. In addition, there are approximately 3 million RRF Partnership units convertible 1 to 1 into IHT stock. Total shares and units are approximately 12 million.

About Bimini Capital Management

Bimini Capital Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a finance company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Asset Management and Investment Portfolio. The Assest Management segment includes investment advisory services by Bimini Advisors to Orchid and Royal Palm. The Investment Portfolio segment engages in investment activities conducted by Royal Palm. 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 headquartered in Vero Beach, Florida.