Comparing T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) and Hpil (OTCMKTS:HPIL)

T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) and Hpil (OTCMKTS:HPIL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Hpil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for T. Rowe Price Group and Hpil, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
T. Rowe Price Group	4	12	0	0	1.75
Hpil	0	0	0	0	0.00

T. Rowe Price Group currently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential downside of 0.24%. Given Hpil’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hpil is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.

Volatility and Risk

T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hpil has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares T. Rowe Price Group and Hpil”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
T. Rowe Price Group	$7.09 billion	3.34	$2.10 billion	$9.18	11.83
Hpil	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hpil.

Profitability

This table compares T. Rowe Price Group and Hpil’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
T. Rowe Price Group	28.89%	19.95%	15.09%
Hpil	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

T. Rowe Price Group beats Hpil on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About T. Rowe Price Group

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to individuals, institutional investors, retirement plans, financial intermediaries, and institutions. It launches and manages equity and fixed income mutual funds. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a bottom-up approach. The firm utilizes in-house and external research to make its investments. It employs socially responsible investing with a focus on environmental, social, and governance issues. It makes investment in late-stage venture capital transactions and usually invests between $3 million and $5 million. The firm was previously known as T. Rowe Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Owings Mills, Maryland; San Francisco, California; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tampa, Florida; Toronto, Ontario; Hellerup, Denmark; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Zurich, Switzerland; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; London, United Kingdom; Sydney, New South Wales; Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Frankfurt, Shanghai, China; Germany, Madrid, Spain, Milan, Italy, Stockholm, Sweden, Melbourne, Australia, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Washington, DC.

About Hpil

HPIL Holding, a development stage company, engages in developing technology projects in Canada. It also focuses on developing online and artificial intelligence games; and ZIPPA, a multi-gaming global platform for gamers, as well as powertrain management system. The company was formerly known as Cybernetic Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to HPIL Holding in August 2021. HPIL Holding was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.