Financial Survey: Bimini Capital Management (OTCMKTS:BMNM) vs. Prologis (NYSE:PLD)

Prologis (NYSE:PLD) and Bimini Capital Management (OTCMKTS:BMNM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Prologis has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Bimini Capital Management has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Prologis and Bimini Capital Management’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prologis	$8.02 billion	11.90	$3.06 billion	$3.42	30.17
Bimini Capital Management	$13.60 million	0.67	-$3.98 million	($0.39)	-2.31

Prologis has higher revenue and earnings than Bimini Capital Management. Bimini Capital Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prologis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.5% of Prologis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Prologis shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of Bimini Capital Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Prologis and Bimini Capital Management, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prologis	0	4	11	1	2.81
Bimini Capital Management	0	0	0	0	N/A

Prologis currently has a consensus target price of $135.41, suggesting a potential upside of 31.24%. Given Prologis’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Prologis is more favorable than Bimini Capital Management.

Profitability

This table compares Prologis and Bimini Capital Management’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prologis	38.73%	5.49%	3.43%
Bimini Capital Management	-31.83%	-33.43%	-3.65%

Summary

Prologis beats Bimini Capital Management on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Prologis

Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. At December 31, 2023, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 1.2 billion square feet (115 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 6,700 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.

About Bimini Capital Management

Bimini Capital Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Asset Management and Investment Portfolio. The Asset Management segment includes investment advisory services by Bimini Advisors to Orchid Island Capital, Inc. and Royal Palm Capital, LLC. The Investment Portfolio segment engages in investment activities conducted by Royal Palm Capital, LLC. It invests in residential mortgage-backed securities. The company was formerly known as Opteum Inc. and changed its name to Bimini Capital Management, Inc. in September 2007. Bimini Capital Management, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Vero Beach, Florida.