Hamilton Lane (HLNE) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) and Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer OWL or HLNE?

In the previous week, Hamilton Lane had 3 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hamilton Lane and 6 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Hamilton Lane's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.30 indicating that Hamilton Lane is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hamilton Lane	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OWL or HLNE?

35.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OWL or HLNE more profitable?

Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 31.12% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 4.77%. Hamilton Lane's return on equity of 36.69% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	4.77%	20.82%	11.52%
Hamilton Lane	31.12%	36.69%	19.95%

Do analysts recommend OWL or HLNE?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $23.40, indicating a potential upside of 22.15%. Hamilton Lane has a consensus target price of $164.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.50%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Hamilton Lane.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Hamilton Lane	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Which has higher earnings and valuation, OWL or HLNE?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$2.47B	11.95	$109.58M	$0.13	147.38
Hamilton Lane	$712.96M	11.07	$140.86M	$5.39	27.34

Which has more risk & volatility, OWL or HLNE?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OWL or HLNE a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 692.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hamilton Lane pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Hamilton Lane has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OWL or HLNE?

Hamilton Lane received 200 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.00% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Hamilton Lane an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 63 63.00%	Underperform Votes 37 37.00%
Hamilton Lane	Outperform Votes 263 57.68%	Underperform Votes 193 42.32%

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats Blue Owl Capital on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.