Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) versus MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) Financial Contrast

MDB Capital (NASDAQ:MDBH) and Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for MDB Capital and Hamilton Lane, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDB Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
Hamilton Lane	0	2	7	1	2.90

Hamilton Lane has a consensus price target of $126.62, suggesting 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares MDB Capital and Hamilton Lane”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDB Capital	$4.91 million	4.28	-$21.25 million	($2.18)	-0.94
Hamilton Lane	$758.99 million	6.30	$249.18 million	$6.56	13.14

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.

Volatility & Risk

MDB Capital has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.3% of MDB Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by institutional investors. 55.8% of MDB Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares MDB Capital and Hamilton Lane’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDB Capital	N/A	-39.77%	-38.48%
Hamilton Lane	32.14%	25.10%	15.75%

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats MDB Capital on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.