Garden Stage (GSIW) Competitors

Garden Stage (NASDAQ:GSIW) and Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ:SOHO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend GSIW or SOHO?

Sotherly Hotels has a consensus target price of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 72.57%. Given Sotherly Hotels' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sotherly Hotels is more favorable than Garden Stage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Garden Stage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sotherly Hotels	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to GSIW or SOHO?

In the previous week, Garden Stage had 1 more articles in the media than Sotherly Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Garden Stage and 1 mentions for Sotherly Hotels. Sotherly Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Garden Stage's score of -0.43 indicating that Sotherly Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Garden Stage	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sotherly Hotels	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GSIW or SOHO more profitable?

Sotherly Hotels has a net margin of 2.53% compared to Garden Stage's net margin of 0.00%. Sotherly Hotels' return on equity of 10.29% beat Garden Stage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Garden Stage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sotherly Hotels	2.53%	10.29%	1.13%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GSIW or SOHO?

0.5% of Garden Stage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of Sotherly Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Sotherly Hotels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GSIW or SOHO?

Sotherly Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than Garden Stage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Garden Stage	$1.31M	3.10	-$4.59M	N/A	N/A
Sotherly Hotels	$183.66M	0.10	$1.30M	-$0.19	-4.57

Which has more risk & volatility, GSIW or SOHO?

Garden Stage has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sotherly Hotels has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sotherly Hotels beats Garden Stage on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.