Hamilton Lane (HLNE) Competitors

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is HLNE or OWL more profitable?

Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 28.03% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 4.95%. Hamilton Lane's return on equity of 35.59% beat Blue Owl Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hamilton Lane	28.03%	35.59%	19.15%
Blue Owl Capital	4.95%	19.98%	11.27%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HLNE or OWL?

Hamilton Lane has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Blue Owl Capital. Hamilton Lane is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Owl Capital, 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	$648.66M	12.88	$140.86M	$4.61	32.69
Blue Owl Capital	$2.16B	16.26	$54.34M	$0.17	138.18

Which has more volatility & risk, HLNE or OWL?

Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HLNE or OWL a better dividend stock?

Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Hamilton Lane pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blue Owl Capital pays out 423.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HLNE or OWL?

Hamilton Lane received 211 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.75% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Hamilton Lane an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hamilton Lane	Outperform Votes 262 59.41%	Underperform Votes 179 40.59%
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 51 63.75%	Underperform Votes 29 36.25%

Do analysts prefer HLNE or OWL?

Hamilton Lane currently has a consensus price target of $176.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.03%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $23.56, indicating a potential upside of 0.31%. Given Hamilton Lane's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Blue Owl Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hamilton Lane	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to HLNE or OWL?

In the previous week, Hamilton Lane and Hamilton Lane both had 13 articles in the media. Hamilton Lane's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.76 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.6% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats Blue Owl Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.