HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) and Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ:GLXY) Critical Contrast

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Galaxy Digital”s gross 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	12.89	$184.55 million	$0.35	114.86
Galaxy Digital	$61.36 billion	0.18	-$241.35 million	($0.48)	-57.85

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Galaxy Digital. Galaxy Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.5% of Galaxy Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Galaxy Digital, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0	2	10	0	2.83
Galaxy Digital	1	2	12	0	2.73

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital presently has a consensus target price of $46.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Galaxy Digital has a consensus target price of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.24%. Given Galaxy Digital’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Galaxy Digital is more favorable than HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital.

Profitability

This table compares HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Galaxy Digital’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%
Galaxy Digital	-0.54%	-2.30%	-0.64%

Summary

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats Galaxy Digital on 9 of the 13 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 Galaxy Digital

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. is a financial services and an investment management company, which engages in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and block chain technology sectors. It operates through the following segments: Trading, Principal Investment, Asset Management, Investment Banking, Mining, and Corporate & Other. The Trading segment manages positions in cryptocurrency and other liquid digital assets contributed to the business at the outset and continues to invest and trade in those and related assets. The Principal Investment segment includes portfolio of private principal investments across the block chain ecosystem, including early- and later-stage equity, pre-launch network contributions, and other structured alternative investments. The Asset Management segment manages capital on behalf of third parties in exchange for management fees and performance-based compensation. The Investment Banking segment offers the spectrum of investment banking, including, but not limited to general corporate advisory, mergers and acquisition, transaction advisory, restructuring and capital rising. The Mining segment focuses to provide financial services for North American miners, through its partnerships. The Corporate & Other consists of the partnership’s unallocated corporate overhead and other unallocated costs not identifiable to any of the reportable segments. The company was founded by Michael Edward Novogratz on February 10, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.