HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) versus Sparta Commercial Services (OTCMKTS:SRCO) Head to Head Contrast

Sparta Commercial Services (OTCMKTS:SRCO) and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sparta Commercial Services and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sparta Commercial Services	0	0	0	0	0.00
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0	2	10	0	2.83

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a consensus price target of $46.90, indicating a potential upside of 23.43%. Given HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than Sparta Commercial Services.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sparta Commercial Services and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sparta Commercial Services	$240,000.00	20.41	-$2.12 million	($0.04)	-2.25
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$427.79 million	11.41	$184.55 million	$0.35	108.56

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Sparta Commercial Services. Sparta Commercial Services 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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Sparta Commercial Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sparta Commercial Services	-490.70%	N/A	-204.88%
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	13.08%	12.80%	4.16%

Volatility and Risk

Sparta Commercial Services has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats Sparta Commercial Services on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sparta Commercial Services

Sparta Commercial Services, Inc. develops, markets, and manages business websites and mobile applications for smartphones and tablets under the iMobileApp name. It offers mobile applications for vehicle dealerships, racetracks, private clubs, country clubs, schools and entertainment venues, restaurants, grocery stores, and various other merchant types. The company also owns and manages websites, which sell motorcycle, recreational vehicle, and truck title history reports for consumers, retailers, municipals, nonprofits, auction houses, banks, and insurance companies; and designs, launches, maintains, and hosts websites for businesses, as well as provides text messaging services. In addition, it offers eCommerce, customer relationship management development and integration, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and online reviews website services to its clients. Further, the company provides an equipment-leasing product for local and state agencies that helps to finance their essential equipment needs, including police motorcycles, cruisers, buses, fire trucks, and EMS equipment; and a range of hemp-derived cannabinol products through newworldhealthcbd.com. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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.