HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) vs. Its Peers Financial Review

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) is one of 341 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0	3	10	0	2.77
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Competitors	1984	6937	11707	444	2.50

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital currently has a consensus price target of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.52%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 6.67%. Given HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than its peers.

Dividends

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays out 320.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.3% and pay out -72.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$400.50 million	$184.55 million	73.15
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Competitors	$24.43 billion	$1.09 billion	7.45

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s peers have a beta of 2.51, meaning that their average share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	18.61%	13.62%	4.28%
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Competitors	-412.58%	-39.71%	-5.80%

Summary

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats its peers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Company Profile

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the investment of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable infrastructure markets in the United States. The company’s portfolio includes equity investments, commercial and government receivables, real estate, and debt securities. It invests in climate solutions, including Behind-the-Meter, which distributes energy projects that reduce energy usage or cost through heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, as well as lighting, energy controls, roofs, windows, building shells, and/or combined heat and power systems; Grid-Connected, a renewable energy projects that deploy cleaner energy sources, such as solar, solar-plus-storage, and wind to generate power production; and Fuels, Transport, and Nature, a range of real assets spanning high-emitting economic sectors other than the power grid such as transportation and fuels comprising renewable natural gas plants, transportation fleet enhancements, ecological restoration, and other projects. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.