Comparing Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) and Greenpro Capital (NASDAQ:GRNQ)

Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) and Greenpro Capital (NASDAQ:GRNQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Greystone Housing Impact Investors and Greenpro Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	1	1	1	0	2.00
Greenpro Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00

Greystone Housing Impact Investors presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 88.31%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than Greenpro Capital.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Greenpro Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.7% of Greenpro Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenpro Capital has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Greystone Housing Impact Investors and Greenpro Capital”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$85.39 million	1.39	-$7.61 million	($0.38)	-13.28
Greenpro Capital	$2.07 million	12.63	-$710,000.00	($0.37)	-8.19

Greenpro Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. Greystone Housing Impact Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greenpro Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Greystone Housing Impact Investors and Greenpro Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	-5.95%	6.13%	1.17%
Greenpro Capital	-143.85%	-49.16%	-35.51%

Summary

Greystone Housing Impact Investors beats Greenpro Capital on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Greystone Housing Impact Investors

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.

About Greenpro Capital

Greenpro Capital Corp. provides financial consulting and corporate advisory services to small and medium-size businesses primarily in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China. It operates in two segments, Service Business and Real Estate Business. The company offers business consulting and corporate advisory services, including cross-border listing advisory, tax planning, bookkeeping, advisory and transaction, record management, and accounting outsourcing services; and venture capital related education and support services. It is also involved in the acquisition and rental of real estate properties held for investment and sale; and provision of company formation advisory, company secretarial, and financial services. In addition, the company provides corporate advisory services, such as company review, bank loan advisory, and bank products analysis, as well as loan and credit, and insurance brokerage services; and wealth planning, administration, charity, tax and legal, trusteeship and risk management, investment planning and management, and business support services, as well as asset protection and management, consolidation, and performance monitoring services. The company was formerly known as Greenpro, Inc. and changed its name to Greenpro Capital Corp. in May 2015. Greenpro Capital Corp. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.