Hamilton Lane (HLNE) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JHG or HLNE?

87.9% of Janus Henderson Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Janus Henderson Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, JHG or HLNE?

Janus Henderson Group has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer JHG or HLNE?

In the previous week, Janus Henderson Group had 5 more articles in the media than Hamilton Lane. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Janus Henderson Group and 5 mentions for Hamilton Lane. Hamilton Lane's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Janus Henderson Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Janus Henderson Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Janus Henderson Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hamilton Lane	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is JHG or HLNE a better dividend stock?

Janus Henderson Group pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Janus Henderson Group pays out 58.9% 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. Hamilton Lane has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JHG or HLNE?

Hamilton Lane received 27 more outperform votes than Janus Henderson Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.65% of users gave Hamilton Lane an outperform vote while only 50.98% of users gave Janus Henderson Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Janus Henderson Group	Outperform Votes 235 50.98%	Underperform Votes 226 49.02%
Hamilton Lane	Outperform Votes 262 61.65%	Underperform Votes 163 38.35%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, JHG or HLNE?

Janus Henderson Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hamilton Lane. Janus Henderson Group 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
Janus Henderson Group	$2.16B	2.56	$392M	$2.65	12.97
Hamilton Lane	$528.75M	11.81	$109.12M	$3.25	35.57

Is JHG or HLNE more profitable?

Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 25.22% compared to Hamilton Lane's net margin of 19.89%. Janus Henderson Group's return on equity of 28.77% beat Hamilton Lane's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Janus Henderson Group	19.89%	10.02%	7.05%
Hamilton Lane	25.22%	28.77%	15.36%

Do analysts prefer JHG or HLNE?

Janus Henderson Group currently has a consensus target price of $30.37, suggesting a potential downside of 11.65%. Hamilton Lane has a consensus target price of $109.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.13%. Given Janus Henderson Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Janus Henderson Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Janus Henderson Group	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Hamilton Lane	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats Janus Henderson Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.