Contrasting Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) & Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI)

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

Profitability

This table compares Core Scientific and Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Scientific	N/A	N/A	N/A
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	51.49%	13.73%	2.89%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Core Scientific and Greystone Housing Impact Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Scientific	0	0	2	0	3.00
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	0	0	1	0	3.00

Core Scientific presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 101.49%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Core Scientific’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Greystone Housing Impact Investors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Core Scientific and Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Core Scientific	$502.40 million	1.18	N/A	N/A	N/A
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$104.90 million	3.42	$54.01 million	$2.07	7.53

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Core Scientific.

Summary

Greystone Housing Impact Investors beats Core Scientific on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Core Scientific

Core Scientific, Inc. provides digital asset mining services in North America. It operates through two segments, Mining and Hosting. The company offers blockchain infrastructure, software solutions, and services; and operates data center mining facilities. It also mines digital assets for its own account; and provides hosting services for other large bitcoin miners, which include deployment, monitoring, trouble shooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment. In addition, the company provides electrical power, repair, and other infrastructure services to operate, maintain, and earn digital assets; and sells mining equipment to customers. Core Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

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.