Comparing HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) & MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH)

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

Volatility & Risk

MDB Capital has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares MDB Capital 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
MDB Capital	$2.16 million	12.93	$11.69 million	$0.93	2.96
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$400.50 million	11.41	$184.55 million	$1.36	26.21

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher revenue and earnings than MDB Capital. MDB Capital 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 & Insider Ownership

0.4% of MDB Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 55.8% of MDB Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for MDB Capital and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDB Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0	2	10	0	2.83

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a consensus price target of $43.22, suggesting a potential upside of 21.26%. Given HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than MDB Capital.

Profitability

This table compares MDB Capital and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDB Capital	N/A	17.68%	17.20%
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	46.08%	12.06%	3.99%

Summary

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats MDB Capital on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MDB Capital

MDB Capital Holdings, LLC, through its subsidiaries, primarily operates as a broker-dealer. The company operates through two segments, Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service, and Technology Development. The Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service segment operates as a full-service broker dealer that focuses on conducting private and public securities offerings, as well as providing research services for investment banking due diligence. The Technology Development segment engages in the synthetic biology technology development business. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Addison, Texas.

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.