Critical Comparison: Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF) versus HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI)

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) and Beneficient (NASDAQ:BENF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	13.08%	12.80%	4.16%
Beneficient	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Beneficient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Beneficient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Beneficient”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$400.50 million	12.69	$184.55 million	$0.35	113.09
Beneficient	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Beneficient.

Risk & Volatility

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beneficient has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Beneficient, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0	2	10	0	2.83
Beneficient	1	0	0	0	1.00

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital currently has a consensus target price of $46.90, suggesting a potential upside of 18.49%. Given HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than Beneficient.

Summary

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats Beneficient on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital

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.

About Beneficient

Beneficient, a technology-enabled financial services company, provides liquidity solutions and related trustee, custody and trust administrative services to participants in the alternative asset industry in the United States. It operates through Ben Liquidity, Ben Custody, and Customer ExAlt Trusts segments. The company offers Ben AltAccess platform for secure, online, and end-to-end delivery of each of the Ben business unit products and services, including upload documents, and work through tasks, and complete their transactions with standardized transaction agreements. It also provides Ben Liquidity, which offers alternative asset liquidity and fiduciary financing products; Ben Custody that provides custody and trust administration services to trustees and document custodian services to customers; and Ben Markets, which provides broker-dealer and transfer agency services. In addition, the company provides Ben Insurance Services, which offers insurance products and services; and Ben Data that provides data collection, evaluation, and analytics products and services. It serves individual and institutional investors, wealth advisors, and general partners. Beneficient is based in Dallas, Texas.