Contrasting Safe and Green Development (NASDAQ:SGD) & LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Safe and Green Development and LuxUrban Hotels, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Safe and Green Development	0	0	0	0	0.00
LuxUrban Hotels	0	2	1	0	2.33

LuxUrban Hotels has a consensus price target of $280.00, suggesting a potential upside of 594,379.83%. Given LuxUrban Hotels’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LuxUrban Hotels is more favorable than Safe and Green Development.

Risk & Volatility

Safe and Green Development has a beta of 5, suggesting that its stock price is 400% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LuxUrban Hotels has a beta of -1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 244% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Safe and Green Development and LuxUrban Hotels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safe and Green Development	N/A	-492.68%	-76.18%
LuxUrban Hotels	-145.57%	N/A	-29.89%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Safe and Green Development and LuxUrban Hotels”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Safe and Green Development	$173,188.00	10.99	-$4.20 million	N/A	N/A
LuxUrban Hotels	$72.79 million	0.00	-$78.52 million	($148.49)	0.00

Safe and Green Development has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LuxUrban Hotels.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.6% of Safe and Green Development shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Safe and Green Development shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LuxUrban Hotels beats Safe and Green Development on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Safe and Green Development

Safe and Green Development Corporation operates as a real estate development company. It focuses on building single and multifamily projects. The company was formerly known as SGB Development Corp. and changed its name to Safe and Green Development Corporation in December 2022. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Miami, Florida. Safe and Green Development Corporation is a subsidiary of Safe & Green Holdings Corp.

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.