Comparing Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) and Cosmos Group (OTCMKTS:COSG)

Cosmos Group (OTCMKTS:COSG) and Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Cosmos Group has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Cosmos Group and Greystone Housing Impact Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cosmos Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	0	0	4	0	3.00

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a consensus price target of $17.38, indicating a potential upside of 57.52%. Given Greystone Housing Impact Investors’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greystone Housing Impact Investors is more favorable than Cosmos Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cosmos Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cosmos Group and Greystone Housing Impact Investors”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cosmos Group	$620,000.00	0.00	-$77.34 million	N/A	N/A
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	$104.90 million	2.45	$54.01 million	$0.62	17.82

Greystone Housing Impact Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Cosmos Group.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cosmos Group	N/A	N/A	-78.39%
Greystone Housing Impact Investors	17.55%	2.46%	0.55%

Summary

Greystone Housing Impact Investors beats Cosmos Group on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cosmos Group

Cosmos Group Holdings Inc. focuses on the physical artworks and collectibles business in Hong Kong and internationally. It operates online platform to sell and distribute the arts and collectibles to end-users with the use of blockchain technologies and minting tokens. The company is based in Singapore.

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.