Global Self Storage (SELF) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SELF or TCI?

Transcontinental Realty Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Global Self Storage. Global Self Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental Realty Investors, 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
Global Self Storage	$12.19M	4.74	$2.94M	$0.27	19.00
Transcontinental Realty Investors	$49.90M	4.96	$5.94M	$0.37	77.38

Is SELF or TCI more profitable?

Global Self Storage has a net margin of 25.47% compared to Transcontinental Realty Investors' net margin of 6.55%. Global Self Storage's return on equity of 6.55% beat Transcontinental Realty Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Self Storage	25.47%	6.55%	4.73%
Transcontinental Realty Investors	6.55%	0.38%	0.30%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SELF or TCI?

28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 86.2% of Transcontinental Realty Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SELF or TCI?

Global Self Storage has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental Realty Investors has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SELF or TCI?

In the previous week, Global Self Storage had 1 more articles in the media than Transcontinental Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Self Storage and 2 mentions for Transcontinental Realty Investors. Transcontinental Realty Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Global Self Storage's score of 0.88 indicating that Transcontinental Realty Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Self Storage	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Transcontinental Realty Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SELF or TCI?

Transcontinental Realty Investors received 62 more outperform votes than Global Self Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.45% of users gave Global Self Storage an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Transcontinental Realty Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Self Storage	Outperform Votes 128 68.45%	Underperform Votes 59 31.55%
Transcontinental Realty Investors	Outperform Votes 190 56.72%	Underperform Votes 145 43.28%

Do analysts recommend SELF or TCI?

Global Self Storage presently has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Global Self Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Self Storage is more favorable than Transcontinental Realty Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Self Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Transcontinental Realty Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Global Self Storage and Transcontinental Realty Investors tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.