Barings Corporate Investors (NYSE:MCI – Get Free Report) and Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Barings Corporate Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Hamilton Lane shares are owned 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.
Profitability
This table compares Barings Corporate Investors and Hamilton Lane’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Barings Corporate Investors | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hamilton Lane | 32.83% | 25.98% | 15.56% |
Volatility and Risk
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Barings Corporate Investors and Hamilton Lane, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Barings Corporate Investors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hamilton Lane | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2.60 |
Hamilton Lane has a consensus price target of $150.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.43%. Given Hamilton Lane’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Barings Corporate Investors.
Dividends
Barings Corporate Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Hamilton Lane pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hamilton Lane pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hamilton Lane has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Barings Corporate Investors and Hamilton Lane”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Barings Corporate Investors | $30.18 million | 11.62 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hamilton Lane | $758.99 million | 5.89 | $249.18 million | $5.91 | 13.61 |
Hamilton Lane has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Corporate Investors.
Summary
Hamilton Lane beats Barings Corporate Investors on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Barings Corporate Investors
Babson Capital Corporate Investors trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Barings LLC. It invests in fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in a portfolio of privately placed, below-investment grade, long term corporate debt obligations. The fund also invests in marketable investment grade debt securities, other marketable debt securities, and marketable common stocks. It was formerly known as Babson Capital Corporate Investors. Babson Capital Corporate Investors trust was formed in 1971 and is domiciled in the United States.
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.
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