Global Self Storage (SELF) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AHT or SELF?

Global Self Storage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ashford Hospitality Trust. Ashford Hospitality Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Self Storage, 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
Ashford Hospitality Trust	$1.37B	0.04	-$178.49M	-$5.65	-0.22
Global Self Storage	$12.19M	3.84	$2.94M	$0.26	16.15

Which has more risk & volatility, AHT or SELF?

Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Self Storage has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AHT or SELF?

41.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Global Self Storage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AHT or SELF?

Ashford Hospitality Trust presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 105.61%. Given Global Self Storage's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ashford Hospitality Trust is more favorable than Global Self Storage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ashford Hospitality Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Global Self Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor AHT or SELF?

In the previous week, Ashford Hospitality Trust and Ashford Hospitality Trust both had 2 articles in the media. Global Self Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's score of 0.67 indicating that Ashford Hospitality Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is AHT or SELF more profitable?

Global Self Storage has a net margin of 24.11% compared to Global Self Storage's net margin of -13.13%. Ashford Hospitality Trust's return on equity of 6.09% beat Global Self Storage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ashford Hospitality Trust	-13.13%	N/A	-4.85%
Global Self Storage	24.11%	6.09%	4.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AHT or SELF?

Ashford Hospitality Trust received 346 more outperform votes than Global Self Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.28% of users gave Global Self Storage an outperform vote while only 64.09% of users gave Ashford Hospitality Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ashford Hospitality Trust	Outperform Votes 473 64.09%	Underperform Votes 265 35.91%
Global Self Storage	Outperform Votes 127 68.28%	Underperform Votes 59 31.72%

Summary

Global Self Storage beats Ashford Hospitality Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.