Hamilton Lane (HLNE) Competitors

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

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 4.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Hamilton Lane has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OWL or HLNE?

35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer OWL or HLNE?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $24.02, indicating a potential upside of 22.74%. Hamilton Lane has a consensus target price of $164.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.83%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Hamilton Lane	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Does the media favor OWL or HLNE?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 9 more articles in the media than Hamilton Lane. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 4 mentions for Hamilton Lane. Hamilton Lane's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.79 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hamilton Lane	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OWL or HLNE more profitable?

Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 30.50% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 3.73%. Hamilton Lane's return on equity of 32.94% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	3.73%	19.74%	10.54%
Hamilton Lane	30.50%	32.94%	18.02%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	$2.30B	13.11	$109.58M	$0.13	150.54
Hamilton Lane	$712.96M	11.03	$217.42M	$5.39	27.26

Which has more risk & volatility, OWL or HLNE?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats Blue Owl Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.