HLI vs. EVR, IVZ, HLNE, AMG, JHG, LAZ, BEN, STEP, AB, and MC
Should you be buying Houlihan Lokey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Houlihan Lokey include Evercore (EVR), Invesco (IVZ), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Lazard (LAZ), Franklin Resources (BEN), StepStone Group (STEP), AllianceBernstein (AB), and Moelis & Company (MC). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Evercore has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Houlihan Lokey has a net margin of 14.90% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 10.48%. Evercore's return on equity of 18.06% beat Houlihan Lokey's return on equity.
Evercore received 223 more outperform votes than Houlihan Lokey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.07% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 62.12% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Houlihan Lokey had 3 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Houlihan Lokey and 2 mentions for Evercore. Evercore's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Houlihan Lokey's score of -0.30 indicating that Houlihan Lokey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Evercore has higher revenue and earnings than Houlihan Lokey. Evercore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Houlihan Lokey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Evercore pays out 47.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Houlihan Lokey pays out 54.6% 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. Evercore has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Houlihan Lokey has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Evercore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Evercore currently has a consensus price target of $180.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.19%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $123.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.01%. Given Evercore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Houlihan Lokey is more favorable than Evercore.
Summary
Houlihan Lokey beats Evercore on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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