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$156.86 +0.29 (+0.19%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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HLNE vs. CG, STEP, TPG, APO, ARES, BX, EVR, KKR, PIPR, and SF

Should you be buying Hamilton Lane stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hamilton Lane include Carlyle Group (CG), StepStone Group (STEP), TPG (TPG), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Blackstone (BX), Evercore (EVR), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Hamilton Lane vs. Its Competitors

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hamilton Lane. Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamilton Lane, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carlyle Group$5.43B4.22$1.02B$2.9521.51
Hamilton Lane$712.96M11.78$217.42M$5.3929.10

Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 30.50% compared to Carlyle Group's net margin of 19.00%. Hamilton Lane's return on equity of 32.94% beat Carlyle Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carlyle Group19.00% 23.78% 6.40%
Hamilton Lane 30.50%32.94%18.02%

55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Carlyle Group pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hamilton Lane pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Carlyle Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Hamilton Lane has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Carlyle Group presently has a consensus price target of $57.73, suggesting a potential downside of 9.01%. Hamilton Lane has a consensus price target of $161.29, suggesting a potential upside of 2.82%. Given Hamilton Lane's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Carlyle Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carlyle Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Hamilton Lane
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86

Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Carlyle Group had 14 more articles in the media than Hamilton Lane. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Carlyle Group and 5 mentions for Hamilton Lane. Hamilton Lane's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Carlyle Group's score of 0.82 indicating that Hamilton Lane is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carlyle Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hamilton Lane
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats Carlyle Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLNE vs. The Competition

MetricHamilton LaneFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.38B$14.23B$12.28B$9.50B
Dividend Yield1.38%5.80%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio29.1035.8419.0320.05
Price / Sales11.787.4226.1090.07
Price / Cash30.8016.4921.6358.56
Price / Book9.462.792.205.87
Net Income$217.42M$560.62M$997.25M$258.55M
7 Day Performance1.44%1.23%0.60%3.74%
1 Month Performance8.75%6.26%3.44%11.75%
1 Year Performance8.85%10.37%536.57%18.03%

Hamilton Lane Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
3.256 of 5 stars
$156.86
+0.2%
$161.29
+2.8%
+10.6%$8.38B$712.96M29.10530Analyst Forecast
CG
Carlyle Group
3.7814 of 5 stars
$58.97
+1.1%
$57.73
-2.1%
+37.0%$21.30B$3.47B19.992,300
STEP
StepStone Group
2.1835 of 5 stars
$59.97
+0.3%
$63.43
+5.8%
+27.9%$6.98B$1.17B-25.091,130News Coverage
Insider Trade
TPG
TPG
3.0769 of 5 stars
$55.76
+0.2%
$59.77
+7.2%
+19.6%$20.61B$2.64B-168.971,900
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.1997 of 5 stars
$148.63
+1.0%
$161.00
+8.3%
+24.2%$84.94B$24.62B26.035,108
ARES
Ares Management
4.7358 of 5 stars
$180.50
+1.8%
$177.50
-1.7%
+28.2%$58.95B$3.88B106.183,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
BX
Blackstone
4.5479 of 5 stars
$163.49
+0.9%
$162.18
-0.8%
+27.1%$119.29B$13.23B49.254,895Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
EVR
Evercore
4.2872 of 5 stars
$293.20
+0.6%
$283.14
-3.4%
+22.5%$11.47B$2.98B28.062,380Upcoming Earnings
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.7816 of 5 stars
$139.43
-1.2%
$154.33
+10.7%
+30.4%$124.18B$21.88B58.834,834Upcoming Earnings
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
N/A$305.47
+1.1%
$312.50
+2.3%
N/A$5.43B$1.53B26.701,805Upcoming Earnings
SF
Stifel Financial
4.1385 of 5 stars
$110.33
+2.0%
$110.88
+0.5%
+30.0%$11.33B$5.00B21.109,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
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This page (NASDAQ:HLNE) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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