Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT) Competitors

Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

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

98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCPT or HLNE?

Hamilton Lane received 6 more outperform votes than Four Corners Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.55% of users gave Hamilton Lane an outperform vote while only 50.69% of users gave Four Corners Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Four Corners Property Trust	Outperform Votes 256 50.69%	Underperform Votes 249 49.31%
Hamilton Lane	Outperform Votes 262 59.55%	Underperform Votes 178 40.45%

Which has more risk and volatility, FCPT or HLNE?

Four Corners Property Trust has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FCPT or HLNE?

In the previous week, Hamilton Lane had 10 more articles in the media than Four Corners Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hamilton Lane and 8 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust. Hamilton Lane's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Four Corners Property Trust's score of 0.91 indicating that Hamilton Lane is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Four Corners Property Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hamilton Lane	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate FCPT or HLNE?

Four Corners Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $30.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.09%. Hamilton Lane has a consensus target price of $184.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.24%. Given Hamilton Lane's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Four Corners Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Hamilton Lane	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is FCPT or HLNE a better dividend stock?

Four Corners Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Four Corners Property Trust pays out 132.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hamilton Lane pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is FCPT or HLNE more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.27% compared to Hamilton Lane's net margin of 28.03%. Hamilton Lane's return on equity of 35.59% beat Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Four Corners Property Trust	37.27%	7.68%	3.96%
Hamilton Lane	28.03%	35.59%	19.15%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FCPT or HLNE?

Hamilton Lane has higher revenue and earnings than Four Corners Property Trust. Four Corners Property 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
Four Corners Property Trust	$264.88M	10.34	$95.34M	$1.07	26.46
Hamilton Lane	$648.66M	13.79	$140.86M	$4.61	35.00

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats Four Corners Property Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.