Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE – Get Free Report) and Greenpro Capital (NASDAQ:GRNQ – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Hamilton Lane and Greenpro Capital”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Hamilton Lane | $758.99 million | 6.27 | $249.18 million | $6.56 | 13.06 |
| Greenpro Capital | $2.07 million | 7.26 | -$2.98 million | ($3.60) | -2.31 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Greenpro Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Greenpro Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenpro Capital has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Hamilton Lane and Greenpro Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Hamilton Lane | 32.14% | 25.10% | 15.75% |
| Greenpro Capital | -169.65% | -22.06% | -18.90% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Hamilton Lane and Greenpro Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Hamilton Lane | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2.90 |
| Greenpro Capital | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Hamilton Lane presently has a consensus target price of $126.62, indicating a potential upside of 47.81%. Given Hamilton Lane’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Greenpro Capital.
Summary
Hamilton Lane beats Greenpro Capital on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Hamilton Lane
Hamilton Lane Incorporated is a private equity firm specializing in early venture, emerging growth, turnaround, middle market, mature, mid-venture, bridge, buyout, distressed/vulture, loan, mezzanine in growth capital companies. It prefers to invest in energy, industrials, consumer discretionary, health care, real estate, information technology, utilities, and consumer services. The firm prefers to invest in Africa/Middle East, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, United States of America, and Canada. The firm prefers to invest between $1 million and $100 million. It prefers to take majority stake. Hamilton Lane Incorporated was founded in 1991 and is based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania with additional offices across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
About Greenpro Capital
Greenpro Capital Corp. provides financial consulting and corporate advisory services to small and medium-size businesses primarily in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China. It operates in two segments, Service Business and Real Estate Business. The company offers business consulting and corporate advisory services, including cross-border listing advisory, tax planning, bookkeeping, advisory and transaction, record management, and accounting outsourcing services; and venture capital related education and support services. It is also involved in the acquisition and rental of real estate properties held for investment and sale; and provision of company formation advisory, company secretarial, and financial services. In addition, the company provides corporate advisory services, such as company review, bank loan advisory, and bank products analysis, as well as loan and credit, and insurance brokerage services; and wealth planning, administration, charity, tax and legal, trusteeship and risk management, investment planning and management, and business support services, as well as asset protection and management, consolidation, and performance monitoring services. The company was formerly known as Greenpro, Inc. and changed its name to Greenpro Capital Corp. in May 2015. Greenpro Capital Corp. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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