Comparing Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) & LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH)

LuxUrban Hotels (NASDAQ:LUXH – Get Rating) and Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP – Get Rating) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares LuxUrban Hotels and Hudson Pacific Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LuxUrban Hotels	-23.62%	-80.87%	-8.24%
Hudson Pacific Properties	-4.91%	-1.52%	-0.55%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for LuxUrban Hotels and Hudson Pacific Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LuxUrban Hotels	0	0	2	0	3.00
Hudson Pacific Properties	2	9	1	0	1.92

LuxUrban Hotels presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 144.25%. Hudson Pacific Properties has a consensus price target of $10.63, suggesting a potential upside of 139.84%. Given LuxUrban Hotels’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe LuxUrban Hotels is more favorable than Hudson Pacific Properties.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.0% of LuxUrban Hotels shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares LuxUrban Hotels and Hudson Pacific Properties’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LuxUrban Hotels	$31.45 million	3.59	-$17.51 million	($0.54)	-6.44
Hudson Pacific Properties	$1.03 billion	0.61	-$34.97 million	($0.40)	-11.07

LuxUrban Hotels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LuxUrban Hotels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

LuxUrban Hotels beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LuxUrban Hotels

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CorpHousing Group Inc. acquires and manages a portfolio of short-term rental properties in metropolitan cities in the United States. The company operates properties by leveraging technology to identify, acquire, manage, and market properties to business and vacation travelers under the consumer brand, LuxUrban. As of June 30, 2022, it managed a portfolio of 584 multi-family and hotel units located in metropolitan cities in California, New York, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. The company was formerly known as CorpHousing LLC. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Miami, Florida.

About Hudson Pacific Properties

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Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a real estate company, which acquires, repositions, develops, and operates sustainable office and state of-the-art studio properties in high-barrier-to-entry submarkets in California, the Pacific Northwest, Western Canada, and Greater London, United Kingdom. It operates through the Office Properties and Studio Properties segments. The Office Properties segment manages office properties located in California and the Pacific Northwest. The Studio Properties segment is primarily used for the physical production of media content, such as television programs, feature films, commercials, music videos and photographs. The company was founded by Victor J. Coleman in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.