Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) Competitors

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

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

87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CTRE or HASI?

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

Does the media favor CTRE or HASI?

In the previous week, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital had 5 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and 3 mentions for CareTrust REIT. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat CareTrust REIT's score of 0.79 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is CTRE or HASI a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTRE or HASI?

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 64.95% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 415 64.95%	Underperform Votes 224 35.05%
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	Outperform Votes 409 68.28%	Underperform Votes 190 31.72%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CTRE or HASI?

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
CareTrust REIT	$217.77M	16.48	$53.74M	$0.52	48.58
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$319.87M	11.86	$148.84M	$2.06	16.15

Is CTRE or HASI more profitable?

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

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

Do analysts rate CTRE or HASI?

CareTrust REIT currently has a consensus target price of $23.86, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a consensus target price of $33.82, indicating a potential upside of 1.25%. Given CareTrust REIT'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
CareTrust REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats CareTrust REIT on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.