HLNE vs. IVZ, JHG, EVR, AMG, LAZ, STEP, MC, AB, CNS, and APAM
Should you be buying Hamilton Lane stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hamilton Lane include Invesco (IVZ), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Evercore (EVR), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Lazard (LAZ), StepStone Group (STEP), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), Cohen & Steers (CNS), and Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) and Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.
Invesco received 570 more outperform votes than Hamilton Lane when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave Hamilton Lane an outperform vote.
Invesco has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 25.22% compared to Hamilton Lane's net margin of -1.74%. Invesco's return on equity of 28.77% beat Hamilton Lane's return on equity.
66.1% of Invesco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Invesco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by company 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 presently has a consensus target price of $16.79, suggesting a potential upside of 3.46%. Hamilton Lane has a consensus target price of $109.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.02%. Given Hamilton Lane's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Invesco is more favorable than Hamilton Lane.
In the previous week, Invesco had 8 more articles in the media than Hamilton Lane. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Invesco and 7 mentions for Hamilton Lane. Invesco's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Hamilton Lane's score of 0.46 indicating that Hamilton Lane is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hamilton Lane has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Invesco. Invesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamilton Lane, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Invesco pays out -109.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hamilton Lane pays out 54.8% 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 4 consecutive years and Hamilton Lane has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Invesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Hamilton Lane beats Invesco on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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