Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI – Get Free Report) and Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Plymouth Industrial REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital | 46.53% | 10.93% | 3.76% |
Plymouth Industrial REIT | 6.75% | 2.84% | 0.91% |
Volatility & Risk
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Plymouth Industrial REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.71 |
Plymouth Industrial REIT | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital currently has a consensus target price of $32.22, suggesting a potential upside of 25.87%. Plymouth Industrial REIT has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.06%. Given Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than Plymouth Industrial REIT.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Plymouth Industrial REIT’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital | $319.87 million | 9.11 | $148.84 million | $1.34 | 19.10 |
Plymouth Industrial REIT | $199.85 million | 4.81 | $13.66 million | $0.19 | 111.45 |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Plymouth Industrial REIT. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plymouth Industrial REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
96.1% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Plymouth Industrial REIT 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.
Summary
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats Plymouth Industrial REIT on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable infrastructure markets in the United States. The company's portfolio includes equity investments, commercial and government receivables, real estate, and debt securities. It invests in climate solution, including Behind-the-Meter that distributes energy projects which reduce energy usage or cost through heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, as well as lighting, energy controls, roofs, windows, building shells, and/or combined heat and power systems; Grid-Connected, a renewable energy projects that deploy cleaner energy sources, such as solar, solar-plus-storage, and wind to generate power production; and Fuels, Transport, and Nature, a range of real assets spanning high-emitting economic sectors other than the power grid such as transportation and fuels comprising renewable natural gas plants, transportation fleet enhancements, ecological restoration, and other projects. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.
About Plymouth Industrial REIT
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (NYSE: PLYM) is a full service, vertically integrated real estate investment company focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of single and multi-tenant industrial properties. Our mission is to provide tenants with cost effective space that is functional, flexible and safe.
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