Sotherly Hotels (SOHO) Competitors

Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ:SOHO) and Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is SOHO or SELF a better dividend stock?

Sotherly Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 59.1%. Global Self Storage pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Sotherly Hotels pays out -273.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Self Storage pays out 138.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sotherly Hotels is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SOHO or SELF?

Sotherly Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than Global Self Storage. Sotherly Hotels 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
Sotherly Hotels	$183.66M	0.10	$3.94M	-$0.19	-4.63
Global Self Storage	$12.62M	5.15	$2.94M	$0.21	27.29

Do analysts prefer SOHO or SELF?

Sotherly Hotels presently has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 70.45%. Global Self Storage has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.44%. Given Sotherly Hotels' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sotherly Hotels is more favorable than Global Self Storage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sotherly Hotels	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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SOHO or SELF more profitable?

Global Self Storage has a net margin of 25.47% compared to Sotherly Hotels' net margin of 0.92%. Global Self Storage's return on equity of 6.55% beat Sotherly Hotels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sotherly Hotels	0.92%	3.48%	0.41%
Global Self Storage	25.47%	6.55%	4.73%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SOHO or SELF?

Sotherly Hotels received 66 more outperform votes than Global Self Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.25% of users gave Global Self Storage an outperform vote while only 40.71% of users gave Sotherly Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sotherly Hotels	Outperform Votes 195 40.71%	Underperform Votes 284 59.29%
Global Self Storage	Outperform Votes 129 68.25%	Underperform Votes 60 31.75%

Does the media favor SOHO or SELF?

In the previous week, Sotherly Hotels had 2 more articles in the media than Global Self Storage. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sotherly Hotels and 1 mentions for Global Self Storage. Global Self Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Sotherly Hotels' score of 0.96 indicating that Global Self Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sotherly Hotels	Positive
Global Self Storage	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SOHO or SELF?

Sotherly Hotels has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Self Storage has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SOHO or SELF?

27.5% of Sotherly Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of Sotherly Hotels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Global Self Storage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Global Self Storage beats Sotherly Hotels on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.