Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) is one of 341 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Greystone Housing Impact Investors to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Dividends

Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays out -233.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.1% and pay out -93.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Greystone Housing Impact Investors has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Greystone Housing Impact Investors is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Greystone Housing Impact Investors and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$85.39 million	-$7.61 million	-18.40
Greystone Housing Impact Investors Competitors	$6.73 billion	$1.10 billion	7.35

Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. Greystone Housing Impact Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ rivals have a beta of 2.51, indicating that their average share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Greystone Housing Impact Investors and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	1	1	1	0	2.00
Greystone Housing Impact Investors Competitors	1987	6945	11711	445	2.50

Greystone Housing Impact Investors currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.55%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 6.28%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	-1.03%	3.72%	0.70%
Greystone Housing Impact Investors Competitors	-409.42%	-15.09%	-6.08%

Summary

Greystone Housing Impact Investors rivals beat Greystone Housing Impact Investors on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Greystone Housing Impact Investors Company Profile

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.