Comparing Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) & Roma Green Finance (NASDAQ:ROMA)

Roma Green Finance (NASDAQ:ROMA) and Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Roma Green Finance has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Roma Green Finance and Greystone Housing Impact Investors”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Roma Green Finance	$1.56 million	354.31	-$3.56 million	N/A	N/A
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$85.39 million	1.48	-$7.61 million	($0.48)	-11.19

Roma Green Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greystone Housing Impact Investors.

Profitability

This table compares Roma Green Finance and Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roma Green Finance	N/A	N/A	N/A
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	-7.59%	4.84%	0.91%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Roma Green Finance and Greystone Housing Impact Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roma Green Finance	1	0	0	0	1.00
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	1	1	1	0	2.00

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 76.91%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than Roma Green Finance.

Summary

Greystone Housing Impact Investors beats Roma Green Finance on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Roma Green Finance

Roma Green Finance Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG); sustainability; and climate change related advisory services in Hong Kong and Singapore. It also offers sustainability program development, ESG reporting, corporate governance and risk management, climate change strategies and solutions, environmental audit, ESG rating support and shareholder communication, and education and training services. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Roma Green Finance Limited operates as a subsidiary of Top Elect Group Limited.

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.