HLI vs. IVZ, TPG, EVR, HLNE, AMG, JHG, LAZ, AB, STEP, and CG
Should you be buying Houlihan Lokey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Houlihan Lokey include Invesco (IVZ), TPG (TPG), Evercore (EVR), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Lazard (LAZ), AllianceBernstein (AB), StepStone Group (STEP), and The Carlyle Group (CG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Houlihan Lokey vs.
Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) and Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Invesco had 8 more articles in the media than Houlihan Lokey. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Invesco and 1 mentions for Houlihan Lokey. Houlihan Lokey's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Invesco's score of 0.57 indicating that Invesco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Invesco has higher revenue and earnings than Houlihan Lokey. Invesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Houlihan Lokey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Invesco pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Houlihan Lokey pays out 58.4% 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. Invesco has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Houlihan Lokey has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Invesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Invesco currently has a consensus price target of $18.45, indicating a potential upside of 27.33%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.91%. Given Houlihan Lokey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Invesco is more favorable than Houlihan Lokey.
Invesco has a net margin of 15.29% compared to Invesco's net margin of 14.38%. Invesco's return on equity of 19.40% beat Houlihan Lokey's return on equity.
66.3% of Invesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Invesco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Invesco has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Invesco received 543 more outperform votes than Houlihan Lokey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.73% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote.
Summary
Invesco beats Houlihan Lokey on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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