Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) Competitors

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is AMH or HASI a better dividend stock?

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 111.1% 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 pays out 106.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, AMH or HASI?

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AMH or HASI?

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer AMH or HASI?

American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus price target of $40.23, suggesting a potential upside of 8.31%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a consensus price target of $39.71, suggesting a potential upside of 36.71%. Given Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.07

Is AMH or HASI more profitable?

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a net margin of 52.15% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 23.86%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's return on equity of 11.84% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent	23.86%	5.33%	3.15%
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	52.15%	11.84%	4.07%

Does the media favor AMH or HASI?

In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 10 more articles in the media than Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 10 mentions for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's score of 1.57 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Homes 4 Rent	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AMH or HASI?

American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, 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
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.73B	7.95	$412.43M	$1.08	34.39
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$389.11M	8.91	$200.04M	$1.58	18.39

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMH or HASI?

American Homes 4 Rent received 181 more outperform votes than Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.51% of users gave Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital an outperform vote while only 64.49% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Homes 4 Rent	Outperform Votes 603 64.49%	Underperform Votes 332 35.51%
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	Outperform Votes 422 68.51%	Underperform Votes 194 31.49%

Summary

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats American Homes 4 Rent on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.