Critical Survey: FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) versus U-Haul (NYSE:UHAL)

U-Haul (NYSE:UHAL) and FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for U-Haul and FTAI Infrastructure, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U-Haul	1	0	1	1	2.67
FTAI Infrastructure	1	0	4	0	2.60

U-Haul currently has a consensus target price of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.80%. FTAI Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $9.95, indicating a potential upside of 272.66%. Given FTAI Infrastructure’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FTAI Infrastructure is more favorable than U-Haul.

Profitability

This table compares U-Haul and FTAI Infrastructure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U-Haul	N/A	N/A	N/A
FTAI Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.6% of U-Haul shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 43.8% of U-Haul shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares U-Haul and FTAI Infrastructure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U-Haul	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.14	397.36
FTAI Infrastructure	$659.21 million	0.48	-$613.36 million	($5.19)	-0.51

U-Haul has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FTAI Infrastructure. FTAI Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About U-Haul

AMERCO operates as a do-it-yourself moving and storage operator for household and commercial goods in the United States and Canada. The company’s Moving and Storage segment rents trucks, trailers, portable moving and storage units, specialty rental items, and self-storage spaces primarily to the household movers; and sells moving supplies, towing accessories, and propane. It also provides uhaul.com, an online marketplace that connects consumers to independent Moving Help service providers and independent self-storage affiliates; auto transport and tow dolly options to transport vehicles; and specialty boxes for dishes, computers, and sensitive electronic equipment, as well as tapes, security locks, and packing supplies. This segment rents its products and services through a network of approximately 2,065 company operated retail moving stores and 20,100 independent U-Haul dealers. As of March 31, 2020, it had a rental fleet of approximately 176,000 trucks, 127,000 trailers, and 41,000 towing devices; and 1,745 self-storage locations with approximately 774,000 rentable storage units. The company’s Property and Casualty Insurance segment offers loss adjusting and claims handling services. It also provides moving and storage protection packages, such as Safemove and Safetow packages, which offer moving and towing customers with a damage waiver, cargo protection, and medical and life insurance coverage; Safestor that protects storage customers from loss on their goods in storage; Safestor Mobile, which protects customers stored belongings; and Safemove Plus, which provides rental customers with a layer of primary liability protection. The company’s Life Insurance segment provides life and health insurance products primarily to the senior market through the direct writing and reinsuring of life insurance, medicare supplement, and annuity policies. AMERCO was founded in 1945 and is based in Reno, Nevada.

About FTAI Infrastructure

FTAI Infrastructure Inc. focuses on acquiring, developing, and operating assets and businesses that represent infrastructure for customers in the transportation, energy, and industrial products industries in North America. The company operates through five segments: Railroad, Jefferson Terminal, Repauno, Power and Gas, and Sustainability and Energy Transition. It operates a multi-modal crude oil and refined products terminal, and other related assets. The company also has a 1,630-acre deep-water port located along the Delaware River with an underground storage cavern, a multipurpose dock, a rail-to-ship transloading system, and multiple industrial development opportunities; and a 1,660-acre multi-modal port located along the Ohio River with rail, dock, and multiple industrial development opportunities, including a power plant under construction. In addition, it operates six freight railroads and one switching facility. FTAI Infrastructure Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York.