Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI) Competitors

Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) and Byline Bancorp (NYSE:BY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Is GHI or BY more profitable?

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a net margin of 22.35% compared to Byline Bancorp's net margin of 19.33%. Byline Bancorp's return on equity of 11.61% beat Greystone Housing Impact Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	22.35%	5.76%	1.27%
Byline Bancorp	19.33%	11.61%	1.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GHI or BY?

Byline Bancorp received 166 more outperform votes than Greystone Housing Impact Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Greystone Housing Impact Investors an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Byline Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	Outperform Votes 8 80.00%	Underperform Votes 2 20.00%
Byline Bancorp	Outperform Votes 174 59.39%	Underperform Votes 119 40.61%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GHI or BY?

9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer GHI or BY?

Greystone Housing Impact Investors currently has a consensus price target of $17.25, indicating a potential upside of 32.23%. Byline Bancorp has a consensus price target of $33.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.28%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than Byline Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Byline Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to GHI or BY?

In the previous week, Byline Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Byline Bancorp and 3 mentions for Greystone Housing Impact Investors. Byline Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Greystone Housing Impact Investors' score of 0.71 indicating that Byline Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Byline Bancorp	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GHI or BY?

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Byline Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GHI or BY?

Byline Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greystone Housing Impact 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
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$40.00M	7.56	$54.01M	$0.77	16.94
Byline Bancorp	$403.54M	2.98	$120.76M	$2.76	9.76

Is GHI or BY a better dividend stock?

Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Byline Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays out 192.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Byline Bancorp pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Byline Bancorp beats Greystone Housing Impact Investors on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.