Garden Stage (GSIW) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer GSIW or SOHO?

In the previous week, Sotherly Hotels had 10 more articles in the media than Garden Stage. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Sotherly Hotels and 2 mentions for Garden Stage. Garden Stage's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Sotherly Hotels' score of -0.07 indicating that Garden Stage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Garden Stage	Neutral
Sotherly Hotels	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GSIW or SOHO?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, GSIW or SOHO?

Garden Stage has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sotherly Hotels has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer GSIW or SOHO?

Sotherly Hotels has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 88.66%. Given Sotherly Hotels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Is GSIW or SOHO more profitable?

Sotherly Hotels has a net margin of 0.89% compared to Garden Stage's net margin of 0.00%. Sotherly Hotels' return on equity of 3.71% 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	0.89%	3.71%	0.39%

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$5.47M	0.77	-$4.32M	N/A	N/A
Sotherly Hotels	$181.89M	0.09	$1.30M	-$0.34	-2.34

Summary

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