MCAN Mortgage (OTCMKTS:MAMTF – Get Free Report) and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for MCAN Mortgage and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| MCAN Mortgage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2.85 |
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a consensus target price of $47.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.25%. Given HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than MCAN Mortgage.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| MCAN Mortgage | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital | 18.61% | 13.62% | 4.28% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares MCAN Mortgage and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| MCAN Mortgage | N/A | N/A | N/A | C$1.49 | 11.35 |
| HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital | $400.50 million | 12.75 | $184.55 million | $0.53 | 75.00 |
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher revenue and earnings than MCAN Mortgage. MCAN Mortgage 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.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.1% of MCAN Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dividends
MCAN Mortgage pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. MCAN Mortgage pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital pays out 320.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. MCAN Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats MCAN Mortgage on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About MCAN Mortgage
MCAN Mortgage Corporation operates as a loan and mortgage investment corporation in Canada. The company engages in the real estate lending and investing activities, including residential mortgage, residential construction, non-residential construction, and commercial loans, as well as portfolio of real estate investments trusts and private investment activities. It also provides term deposits through a network of independent financial agents. The company was formerly known as MCAP Inc. and changed its name to MCAN Mortgage Corporation in September 2006. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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.
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