Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) versus Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) Financial Comparison

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) and Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

27.9% of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Hamilton Lane shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Hamilton Lane”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	$68.84 billion	0.98	$7.47 billion	$3.86	9.04
Hamilton Lane	$758.99 million	6.55	$249.18 million	$6.74	13.27

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has higher revenue and earnings than Hamilton Lane. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamilton Lane, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Hamilton Lane’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	11.59%	8.63%	0.48%
Hamilton Lane	32.14%	25.10%	15.75%

Volatility & Risk

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Lane has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Hamilton Lane, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	1	4	10	1	2.69
Hamilton Lane	0	3	7	0	2.70

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft presently has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.25%. Hamilton Lane has a consensus price target of $126.12, indicating a potential upside of 40.98%. Given Hamilton Lane’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hamilton Lane is more favorable than Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.

Summary

Hamilton Lane beats Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, a stock corporation, provides corporate and investment banking, and asset management products and services to private individuals, corporate entities, and institutional clients in Germany, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through Corporate Bank, Investment Bank, Private Bank, and Asset Management segments. The Corporate Bank segment offers cash management, trade finance and lending, trust and agency, and securities services, as well as risk management solutions. The Investment Bank segment provides debt origination, merger and acquisitions, foreign exchange, and equity advisory and origination platform services. The Private Bank segment offers payment and account services, and credit and deposit products, as well as investment advice products, such as environmental, social, and governance products. This segment also provides banking, wealth management, other financial, and postal and parcel services; and supports in planning, managing and investing wealth, financing personal and business interests, and servicing institutional and corporate needs. The Asset Management segment offers investment solutions, such as alternative investments, which include real estate, infrastructure, liquid real assets, and sustainable investments; and various other services, including insurance and pension solutions, asset liability management, portfolio management solutions, and asset allocation advisory to individuals and institutions. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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.