InnSuites Hospitality Trust (IHT) Competitors

Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF) and InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SELF or IHT?

Global Self Storage has higher revenue and earnings than InnSuites Hospitality Trust. Global Self Storage 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Self Storage	$12.19M	4.47	$2.94M	$0.19	25.48
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	$7.48M	1.94	$200K	$0.03	53.56

Is SELF or IHT more profitable?

Global Self Storage has a net margin of 18.15% compared to Global Self Storage's net margin of 2.99%. Global Self Storage's return on equity of 6.63% beat InnSuites Hospitality Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Self Storage	18.15%	4.60%	3.31%
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	2.99%	6.63%	1.38%

Is SELF or IHT a better dividend stock?

Global Self Storage pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Global Self Storage pays out 152.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Self Storage has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Global Self Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer SELF or IHT?

In the previous week, Global Self Storage had 1 more articles in the media than InnSuites Hospitality Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Self Storage and 2 mentions for InnSuites Hospitality Trust. Global Self Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat InnSuites Hospitality Trust's score of 0.86 indicating that InnSuites Hospitality Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Self Storage	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, SELF or IHT?

Global Self Storage has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InnSuites Hospitality Trust has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SELF or IHT?

Global Self Storage received 127 more outperform votes than InnSuites Hospitality Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.28% of users gave Global Self Storage an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave InnSuites Hospitality Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Self Storage	Outperform Votes 127 68.28%	Underperform Votes 59 31.72%
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 52 100.00%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SELF or IHT?

28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.5% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Global Self Storage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are held by 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.

Do analysts rate SELF or IHT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Self Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Global Self Storage beats InnSuites Hospitality Trust on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.