Houlihan Lokey (HLI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OWL or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey received 243 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 49 64.47%	Underperform Votes 27 35.53%
Houlihan Lokey	Outperform Votes 292 61.60%	Underperform Votes 182 38.40%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OWL or HLI?

35.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OWL or HLI more profitable?

Houlihan Lokey has a net margin of 15.77% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 4.95%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 19.98% beat Houlihan Lokey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	4.95%	19.98%	11.27%
Houlihan Lokey	15.77%	19.29%	11.61%

Which has more risk and volatility, OWL or HLI?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer OWL or HLI?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $22.31, indicating a potential downside of 1.23%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus target price of $157.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.73%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Houlihan Lokey.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Houlihan Lokey	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer OWL or HLI?

In the previous week, Houlihan Lokey had 1 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Houlihan Lokey and 13 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Houlihan Lokey's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.77 indicating that Houlihan Lokey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Houlihan Lokey	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OWL or HLI a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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. Houlihan Lokey pays out 46.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OWL or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blue Owl Capital. Houlihan Lokey 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
Blue Owl Capital	$2.16B	15.32	$54.34M	$0.17	132.88
Houlihan Lokey	$1.91B	6.69	$280.30M	$4.89	37.65

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Houlihan Lokey on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.