Head to Head Contrast: HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) versus Tron (NASDAQ:TRON)

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	18.61%	13.62%	4.28%
Tron	135.58%	-5.60%	-5.53%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Tron, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0	3	10	0	2.77
Tron	1	0	0	0	1.00

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital currently has a consensus price target of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.48%. Given HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than Tron.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Tron shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 86.2% of Tron shares are owned 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.

Risk and Volatility

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tron has a beta of 8.69, meaning that its stock price is 769% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Tron”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$400.50 million	11.95	$184.55 million	$0.53	70.30
Tron	$4.74 million	127.60	-$16.81 million	($0.11)	-11.59

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Tron. Tron 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.

Summary

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

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.

About Tron

SRM Entertainment, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells toys and souvenirs to theme parks. It sells its products through amusement parks, entertainment venues, and theme hotels in the United States, China, Japan, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Jupiter, Florida.