Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) Competitors

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HST or HASI?

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital received 370 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.30% of users gave Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital an outperform vote while only 48.00% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Host Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 48 48.00%	Underperform Votes 52 52.00%
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	Outperform Votes 418 68.30%	Underperform Votes 194 31.70%

Is HST or HASI a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 77.7% 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 93.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HST or HASI?

Host Hotels & Resorts 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 Host Hotels & Resorts, 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
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.58B	2.28	$740M	$1.03	17.67
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$413.05M	7.91	$148.84M	$1.78	15.50

Which has more risk and volatility, HST or HASI?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HST or HASI?

Host Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $21.39, suggesting a potential upside of 17.54%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.79%. Given Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than Host Hotels & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is HST or HASI more profitable?

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a net margin of 59.56% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 12.92%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's return on equity of 11.53% beat Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	12.92%	10.72%	5.75%
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	59.56%	11.53%	3.93%

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

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HST or HASI?

In the previous week, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Host Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and 6 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's score of 0.45 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats Host Hotels & Resorts on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.