Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Competitors

VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) and Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Do analysts rate VICI or HLI?

VICI Properties currently has a consensus target price of $35.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.26%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus target price of $192.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.61%. Given VICI Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VICI Properties is more favorable than Houlihan Lokey.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VICI Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Houlihan Lokey	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VICI or HLI?

97.7% of VICI Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, VICI or HLI?

VICI Properties has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VICI or HLI a better dividend stock?

VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. VICI Properties pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Houlihan Lokey pays out 41.2% 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. VICI Properties has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Houlihan Lokey has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, VICI or HLI?

VICI Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Houlihan Lokey. VICI Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Houlihan Lokey, 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
VICI Properties	$3.85B	9.15	$2.68B	$2.50	13.33
Houlihan Lokey	$2.39B	5.42	$399.71M	$5.82	31.87

Is VICI or HLI more profitable?

VICI Properties has a net margin of 67.81% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 16.73%. Houlihan Lokey's return on equity of 21.61% beat VICI Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VICI Properties	67.81%	9.88%	5.84%
Houlihan Lokey	16.73%	21.61%	12.92%

Does the media refer more to VICI or HLI?

In the previous week, VICI Properties had 7 more articles in the media than Houlihan Lokey. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for VICI Properties and 11 mentions for Houlihan Lokey. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Houlihan Lokey's score of 1.07 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VICI Properties	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Houlihan Lokey	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

VICI Properties beats Houlihan Lokey on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.