CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) versus InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) Head to Head Review

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

Risk and Volatility

InnSuites Hospitality Trust has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares InnSuites Hospitality Trust and CoreCivic”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	$7.69 million	2.87	$200,000.00	($0.10)	-25.20
CoreCivic	$1.90 billion	1.34	$67.59 million	$0.67	34.35

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.5% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.9% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of CoreCivic 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	-11.56%	-40.28%	-5.83%
CoreCivic	3.85%	6.55%	3.20%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for InnSuites Hospitality Trust and CoreCivic, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00
CoreCivic	0	1	2	0	2.67

CoreCivic has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.69%. Given CoreCivic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than InnSuites Hospitality Trust.

Summary

CoreCivic beats InnSuites Hospitality Trust on 12 of the 14 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 CoreCivic

CoreCivic, Inc. owns and operates partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities in the United States. It operates through three segments: CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties. The company provides a range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address America’s recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. Its correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities offer rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, faith-based services, life skills and employment training, and substance abuse treatment. The company owns and operates correctional and detention facilities, residential reentry centers, and properties for lease. CoreCivic, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.