HLNE vs. CG, STEP, TPG, APO, ARES, BX, EVR, KKR, OWL, and PIPR
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), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), and Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Hamilton Lane vs. Its Competitors
Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) and Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Hamilton Lane currently has a consensus price target of $164.38, suggesting a potential upside of 31.03%. Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $60.87, suggesting a potential downside of 4.39%. Given Hamilton Lane's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
In the previous week, Carlyle Group had 3 more articles in the media than Hamilton Lane. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Carlyle Group and 14 mentions for Hamilton Lane. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Hamilton Lane's score of 0.72 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 30.66% compared to Carlyle Group's net margin of 20.22%. Hamilton Lane's return on equity of 29.47% beat Carlyle Group's return on equity.
Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hamilton Lane pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% 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. Hamilton Lane has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Carlyle Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Carlyle Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hamilton Lane beats Carlyle Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HLNE) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
