OUTFRONT Media (OUT) Competitors

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) and OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HLNE or OUT?

OUTFRONT Media received 28 more outperform votes than Hamilton Lane when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.19% of users gave Hamilton Lane an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hamilton Lane	Outperform Votes 263 58.19%	Underperform Votes 189 41.81%
OUTFRONT Media	Outperform Votes 291 57.62%	Underperform Votes 214 42.38%

Do analysts prefer HLNE or OUT?

Hamilton Lane currently has a consensus price target of $164.14, indicating a potential downside of 3.27%. OUTFRONT Media has a consensus price target of $17.97, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given OUTFRONT Media's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OUTFRONT Media is more favorable than Hamilton Lane.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hamilton Lane	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
OUTFRONT Media	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has better earnings and valuation, HLNE or OUT?

Hamilton Lane has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OUTFRONT Media. OUTFRONT Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamilton Lane, 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
Hamilton Lane	$691.66M	13.60	$140.86M	$5.42	31.31
OUTFRONT Media	$1.81B	1.51	-$430.40M	$1.52	10.76

Is HLNE or OUT more profitable?

Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 31.12% compared to OUTFRONT Media's net margin of 13.30%. OUTFRONT Media's return on equity of 40.33% beat Hamilton Lane's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hamilton Lane	31.12%	36.69%	19.95%
OUTFRONT Media	13.30%	40.33%	4.54%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HLNE or OUT?

97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of OUTFRONT Media shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HLNE or OUT a better dividend stock?

Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Hamilton Lane pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OUTFRONT Media pays out 78.9% 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 has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, HLNE or OUT?

Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HLNE or OUT?

In the previous week, OUTFRONT Media had 2 more articles in the media than Hamilton Lane. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for OUTFRONT Media and 13 mentions for Hamilton Lane. Hamilton Lane's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat OUTFRONT Media's score of 0.44 indicating that Hamilton Lane is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hamilton Lane	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OUTFRONT Media	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats OUTFRONT Media on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.