FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP – Get Free Report) and Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for FTAI Infrastructure and Kennedy-Wilson, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FTAI Infrastructure | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Kennedy-Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
FTAI Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 96.94%. Kennedy-Wilson has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. Given FTAI Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe FTAI Infrastructure is more favorable than Kennedy-Wilson.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FTAI Infrastructure | $502.52 million | 1.07 | -$107.17 million | ($4.51) | -1.01 |
| Kennedy-Wilson | $501.00 million | 3.06 | $4.70 million | $0.11 | 100.05 |
Kennedy-Wilson has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FTAI Infrastructure. FTAI Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kennedy-Wilson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
FTAI Infrastructure has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares FTAI Infrastructure and Kennedy-Wilson’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| FTAI Infrastructure | -68.58% | -147.01% | -7.66% |
| Kennedy-Wilson | 12.08% | 23.82% | 2.76% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
87.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
FTAI Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Kennedy-Wilson pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. FTAI Infrastructure pays out -2.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kennedy-Wilson pays out 436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Kennedy-Wilson beats FTAI Infrastructure on 10 of the 16 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 Kennedy-Wilson
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment company. The company owns, operates, and invests in real estate both on its own and through its investment management platform. It focuses on multifamily and office properties located in the Western United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Japan. The company had ownership interests in multifamily units, office space, retail and industrial space, and a hotel. It is involved in the development, redevelopment, and entitlement of real estate properties. Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.
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