Comparing InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM)

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Dividends

InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays out -33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimco Realty pays out 181.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for InnSuites Hospitality Trust and Kimco Realty, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A
Kimco Realty	0	9	5	2	2.56

Kimco Realty has a consensus target price of $23.55, suggesting a potential downside of 1.67%. Given Kimco Realty’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than InnSuites Hospitality Trust.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.5% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 73.9% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares InnSuites Hospitality Trust and Kimco Realty”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	$7.48 million	2.31	$200,000.00	($0.06)	-32.83
Kimco Realty	$1.90 billion	8.49	$654.27 million	$0.53	45.19

Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than InnSuites Hospitality Trust. InnSuites Hospitality Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimco Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

InnSuites Hospitality Trust has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares InnSuites Hospitality Trust and Kimco Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	-7.18%	-21.16%	-3.56%
Kimco Realty	19.28%	3.59%	1.95%

Summary

Kimco Realty beats InnSuites Hospitality Trust on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About InnSuites Hospitality Trust

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE American symbol: IHT) first listed on the NYSE in 1971 is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona is an unincorporated Ohio Business. Trust that owns and manages hotels under the InnSuites Hotels name. IHT qualifies as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) for tax treatment currently taxed as a corporation with the IRS. IHT has paid dividends each year since 1971 currently at $0.2/year. There are approximately 9 million shares of stock outstanding. In addition, there are approximately 3 million RRF Partnership units convertible 1 to 1 into IHT stock. Total shares and units are approximately 12 million.

About Kimco Realty

Kimco Realty Corp. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in New Hyde Park, N.Y., that is one of North America’s largest publicly traded owners and operators of open-air shopping centers. As of December 31, 2018, the company owned interests in 437 U.S. shopping centers comprising 76 million square feet of leasable space primarily concentrated in the top major metropolitan markets.