HLI vs. EVR, IVZ, HLNE, BEN, JHG, AMG, LAZ, MC, STEP, and AB
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), Franklin Resources (BEN), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Lazard (LAZ), Moelis & Company (MC), StepStone Group (STEP), and AllianceBernstein (AB). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
Evercore currently has a consensus price target of $180.67, suggesting a potential downside of 11.21%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $124.33, suggesting a potential downside of 7.28%. Given Evercore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Houlihan Lokey is more favorable than Evercore.
Evercore received 222 more outperform votes than Houlihan Lokey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.99% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 62.20% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote.
Evercore has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Houlihan Lokey has a net margin of 14.64% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 10.53%. Evercore's return on equity of 18.08% beat Houlihan Lokey's return on equity.
Houlihan Lokey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Evercore. 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.
In the previous week, Houlihan Lokey had 13 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Houlihan Lokey and 0 mentions for Evercore. Evercore's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Houlihan Lokey's score of 0.00 indicating that Houlihan Lokey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Evercore pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Houlihan Lokey pays out 55.5% 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 raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Houlihan Lokey has raised its dividend for 7 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Houlihan Lokey beats Evercore on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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