HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) Competitors

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HLI or HASI?

Houlihan Lokey has higher revenue and earnings than HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Houlihan Lokey, 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
Houlihan Lokey	$2.39B	5.26	$399.71M	$5.82	30.93
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$383.60M	8.50	$200.04M	$1.04	25.83

Do analysts prefer HLI or HASI?

Houlihan Lokey currently has a consensus target price of $192.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.78%. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.47%. Given HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than Houlihan Lokey.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Houlihan Lokey	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is HLI or HASI a better dividend stock?

Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Houlihan Lokey pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays out 161.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Houlihan Lokey has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Is HLI or HASI more profitable?

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a net margin of 35.66% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 16.73%. Houlihan Lokey's return on equity of 21.61% beat HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Houlihan Lokey	16.73%	21.61%	12.92%
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	35.66%	11.33%	3.87%

Which has more volatility and risk, HLI or HASI?

Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HLI or HASI?

78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.7% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer HLI or HASI?

In the previous week, Houlihan Lokey had 2 more articles in the media than HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Houlihan Lokey and 11 mentions for HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. Houlihan Lokey's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's score of 0.74 indicating that Houlihan Lokey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Houlihan Lokey	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Houlihan Lokey beats HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.