HASI vs. SLG, CUZ, APLE, MAC, CTRE, MPW, IRT, HHH, SBRA, and EPR
Should you be buying Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital include SL Green Realty (SLG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Macerich (MAC), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Howard Hughes (HHH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), and EPR Properties (EPR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital had 3 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and 9 mentions for SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's score of 0.59 indicating that Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SL Green Realty presently has a consensus target price of $47.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.30%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a consensus target price of $34.36, suggesting a potential upside of 7.79%. Given SL Green Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than SL Green Realty.
SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SL Green Realty received 121 more outperform votes than Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.23% of users gave Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital an outperform vote while only 60.80% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a net margin of 69.48% compared to Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's net margin of -64.45%. SL Green Realty's return on equity of 11.63% beat Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's return on equity.
SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. SL Green Realty pays out -36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. SL Green Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats SL Green Realty on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HASI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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