HASI vs. SUI, DOC, AMH, KIM, HST, UDR, WPC, GLPI, LAMR, and ELS
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 Sun Communities (SUI), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Kimco Realty (KIM), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), UDR (UDR), W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), and Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) and Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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. Sun Communities pays out 324.1% 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.
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. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a net margin of 69.48% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 4.46%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's return on equity of 11.63% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital received 15 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.28% of users gave Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital an outperform vote while only 61.37% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital currently has a consensus target price of $33.82, suggesting a potential upside of 1.59%. Sun Communities has a consensus target price of $136.27, suggesting a potential upside of 15.50%. Given Sun Communities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital.
In the previous week, Sun Communities had 1 more articles in the media than Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sun Communities and 3 mentions for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. Sun Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's score of 0.75 indicating that Sun Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Communities. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.1% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats Sun Communities on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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