Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) Competitors

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) and Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLNE or ABR?

Arbor Realty Trust received 26 more outperform votes than Hamilton Lane when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Arbor Realty Trust 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%
Arbor Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 288 61.41%	Underperform Votes 181 38.59%

Does the media refer more to HLNE or ABR?

In the previous week, Hamilton Lane had 14 more articles in the media than Arbor Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Hamilton Lane and 3 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Hamilton Lane's score of 0.95 indicating that Arbor Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hamilton Lane	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arbor Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.6% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HLNE or ABR a better dividend stock?

Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Hamilton Lane pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 127.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arbor Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Arbor Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, HLNE or ABR?

Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HLNE or ABR?

Hamilton Lane currently has a consensus price target of $176.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.03%. Arbor Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $14.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.56%. Given Hamilton Lane's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Arbor Realty Trust.

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
Arbor Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is HLNE or ABR more profitable?

Hamilton Lane has a net margin of 28.03% compared to Arbor Realty Trust's net margin of 23.99%. Hamilton Lane's return on equity of 35.59% beat Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hamilton Lane	28.03%	35.59%	19.15%
Arbor Realty Trust	23.99%	14.94%	2.61%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HLNE or ABR?

Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Hamilton Lane. Arbor Realty Trust 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	$648.66M	12.88	$140.86M	$4.61	32.69
Arbor Realty Trust	$663.11M	3.91	$371.43M	$1.35	10.19

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats Arbor Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.