Great Eagle (OTCMKTS:GEAHF) versus FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) Critical Survey

FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) and Great Eagle (OTCMKTS:GEAHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares FTAI Infrastructure and Great Eagle’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTAI Infrastructure	-41.09%	-75.13%	-3.02%
Great Eagle	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for FTAI Infrastructure and Great Eagle, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTAI Infrastructure	1	0	2	0	2.33
Great Eagle	0	0	0	0	0.00

FTAI Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 157.31%. Given FTAI Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FTAI Infrastructure is more favorable than Great Eagle.

Volatility and Risk

FTAI Infrastructure has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Eagle has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares FTAI Infrastructure and Great Eagle”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTAI Infrastructure	$331.50 million	1.50	-$223.65 million	($2.46)	-1.74
Great Eagle	$1.39 billion	1.04	-$222.33 million	N/A	N/A

Great Eagle has higher revenue and earnings than FTAI Infrastructure.

Summary

FTAI Infrastructure beats Great Eagle on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FTAI Infrastructure

FTAI Infrastructure Inc. focuses on acquiring, developing, and operating assets and businesses that represent infrastructure for customers in the transportation, energy, and industrial products industries in North America. The company operates through five segments: Railroad, Jefferson Terminal, Repauno, Power and Gas, and Sustainability and Energy Transition. It operates a multi-modal crude oil and refined products terminal, and other related assets. The company also has a 1,630-acre deep-water port located along the Delaware River with an underground storage cavern, a multipurpose dock, a rail-to-ship transloading system, and multiple industrial development opportunities; and a 1,660-acre multi-modal port located along the Ohio River with rail, dock, and multiple industrial development opportunities, including a power plant under construction. In addition, it operates six freight railroads and one switching facility. FTAI Infrastructure Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Great Eagle

Great Eagle Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, invests in, develops, and manages residential, office, retail, and hotel properties in Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Mainland China, and internationally. It operates through Hotel Operation, Property Investment, Property Development, Other Operations, Champion REIT, Langham, and US Real Estate Fund segments. The company engages in leasing furnished apartments and properties; and flexible workspace, asset management, hotel accommodation, food and banquet, and restaurant operations. It also owns and operates hotels under The Langham, Cordis, and Eaton brand names. In addition, the company offers secretarial, staff, maintenance and repair, consultancy, and advisory services, as well as property maintenance and leasing services. Further, it sales building materials; invests in securities; manages real estate investment trust, computer system solutions, project management and advisory, treasury management, investment, and investment fund management services, as well as real estate agency services; procurement and financing, warehousing, general trading, hospitality, and hotel management services; and issues medium term notes. Great Eagle Holdings Limited was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.