Comparing Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) & Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT)

Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT) and Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Brookfield Wealth Solutions and Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0.15%	0.10%	0.01%
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	-1.03%	3.72%	0.70%

Dividends

Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays out 107.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays out -233.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greystone Housing Impact Investors has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Greystone Housing Impact Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	$11.63 billion	1.16	$766.00 million	$0.26	153.38
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$85.39 million	1.72	-$7.61 million	($0.24)	-25.99

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Brookfield Wealth Solutions and Greystone Housing Impact Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0	1	0	0	2.00
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	1	1	1	0	2.00

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 52.32%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than Brookfield Wealth Solutions.

Summary

Greystone Housing Impact Investors beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brookfield Wealth Solutions

Brookfield Wealth Solutions is focused on securing the financial futures of individuals and institutions through a range of retirement services, wealth protection products and tailored capital solutions. Through our operating subsidiaries, we offer a broad range of insurance products and services, including annuities, personal and commercial property and casualty insurance and life insurance.The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

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.