Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT) versus Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) Head-To-Head Comparison

Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) and Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Greystone Housing Impact Investors and Hut 8’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	0.98%	5.63%	1.11%
Hut 8	115.39%	8.06%	5.18%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Greystone Housing Impact Investors and Hut 8″s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$29.58 million	5.51	$21.32 million	$0.18	38.36
Hut 8	$162.38 million	27.17	$331.88 million	($0.55)	-74.24

Hut 8 has higher revenue and earnings than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. Hut 8 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greystone Housing Impact Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Greystone Housing Impact Investors and Hut 8, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	1	0	4	0	2.60
Hut 8	0	1	16	2	3.05

Greystone Housing Impact Investors currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 88.27%. Hut 8 has a consensus target price of $47.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than Hut 8.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Hut 8 shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Hut 8 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hut 8 has a beta of 4.4, suggesting that its share price is 340% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hut 8 beats Greystone Housing Impact Investors on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Greystone Housing Impact Investors

Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP acquires, holds, sells, and deals in a portfolio of mortgage revenue bonds (MRBs) that are issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing for multifamily, student, and senior citizen housing; skilled nursing properties; and commercial properties in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Affordable Multifamily MRB Investments; Seniors and Skilled Nursing MRB Investments; MF Properties; Market-Rate Joint Venture Investments. It also invests in governmental issuer loans. The company was formerly known as America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. and changed its name to Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP in December 2022. Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

About Hut 8

Hut 8 Corp., together with its subsidiaries, acquires, builds, manages, and operates data centers for digital assets mining, computing, and artificial intelligence in the United States. It operates in four segments: Digital Assets Mining, Managed Services, High Performance Computing Colocation and Cloud, and Other. The company mines Bitcoin. It also offers managed services for energy infrastructure development, such as site design, procurement, and construction management; software automation, process design, personnel hiring, and team training; utilities contracts, hosting operations, and customer management; energy portfolio optimization and strategic initiatives; and finance, accounting, and safety services for digital asset mining site owners, governments, and data center developers. In addition, the company provides colocation, cloud, and connectivity services; hosting services, which include the provision of mining equipment and space, as well as monitors, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains customer mining equipment; and equipment sales and repair services. Hut 8 Corp. was founded in 2017 and is based in Miami, Florida.