Analyzing Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) & Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT)

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

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

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Hut 8 and Greystone Housing Impact Investors, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

Hut 8 presently has a consensus price target of $47.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.94%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 88.27%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than Hut 8.

Profitability

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

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

Risk & Volatility

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

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.