Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE – Get Free Report) and MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Risk & Volatility
Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDB Capital has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Hamilton Lane and MDB 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% |
| MDB Capital | N/A | -39.77% | -38.48% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Hamilton Lane and MDB Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Hamilton Lane | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2.90 |
| MDB Capital | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Hamilton Lane currently has a consensus price target of $126.62, indicating a potential upside of 46.95%. Given Hamilton Lane’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than MDB Capital.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Hamilton Lane and MDB Capital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Hamilton Lane | $758.99 million | 6.30 | $249.18 million | $6.56 | 13.14 |
| MDB Capital | $4.91 million | 4.28 | -$21.25 million | ($2.18) | -0.94 |
Hamilton Lane has higher revenue and earnings than MDB Capital. MDB Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamilton Lane, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hamilton Lane beats MDB Capital on 13 of the 14 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 MDB Capital
MDB Capital Holdings, LLC, through its subsidiaries, primarily operates as a broker-dealer. The company operates through two segments, Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service, and Technology Development. The Broker Dealer & Intellectual Property Service segment operates as a full-service broker dealer that focuses on conducting private and public securities offerings, as well as providing research services for investment banking due diligence. The Technology Development segment engages in the synthetic biology technology development business. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Addison, Texas.
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