Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) Competitors

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) and CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts recommend HASI or CTRE?

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital presently has a consensus target price of $33.82, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. CareTrust REIT has a consensus target price of $24.13, suggesting a potential downside of 3.42%. Given Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
CareTrust REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is HASI or CTRE a better dividend stock?

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. CareTrust REIT pays out 223.1% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HASI or CTRE?

96.1% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CareTrust REIT 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HASI or CTRE?

CareTrust REIT received 6 more outperform votes than Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.28% of users gave Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital an outperform vote while only 64.84% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	Outperform Votes 409 68.28%	Underperform Votes 190 31.72%
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 415 64.84%	Underperform Votes 225 35.16%

Does the media refer more to HASI or CTRE?

In the previous week, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital had 2 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and 5 mentions for CareTrust REIT. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's score of 0.81 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CareTrust REIT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HASI or CTRE more profitable?

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a net margin of 69.48% compared to CareTrust REIT's net margin of 27.47%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's return on equity of 11.63% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	69.48%	11.63%	4.03%
CareTrust REIT	27.47%	5.04%	3.19%

Which has more risk and volatility, HASI or CTRE?

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HASI or CTRE?

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, 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
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$319.87M	11.43	$148.84M	$2.06	15.57
CareTrust REIT	$217.77M	16.30	$53.74M	$0.52	48.04

Summary

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats CareTrust REIT on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.