AMK vs. HLI, EVR, HLNE, IVZ, JHG, AMG, STEP, LAZ, MC, and AB
Should you be buying AssetMark Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AssetMark Financial include Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Evercore (EVR), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Invesco (IVZ), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), StepStone Group (STEP), Lazard (LAZ), Moelis & Company (MC), and AllianceBernstein (AB). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
AssetMark Financial (NYSE:AMK) and Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Houlihan Lokey had 5 more articles in the media than AssetMark Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Houlihan Lokey and 1 mentions for AssetMark Financial. Houlihan Lokey's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat AssetMark Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Houlihan Lokey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Houlihan Lokey has higher revenue and earnings than AssetMark Financial. AssetMark Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Houlihan Lokey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Houlihan Lokey received 219 more outperform votes than AssetMark Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.89% of users gave AssetMark Financial an outperform vote while only 62.20% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote.
28.6% of AssetMark Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of AssetMark Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AssetMark Financial has a net margin of 19.92% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 14.64%. Houlihan Lokey's return on equity of 18.08% beat AssetMark Financial's return on equity.
AssetMark Financial has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AssetMark Financial currently has a consensus price target of $33.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.86%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $124.33, indicating a potential downside of 8.14%. Given AssetMark Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AssetMark Financial is more favorable than Houlihan Lokey.
Summary
Houlihan Lokey beats AssetMark Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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