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Hamilton Lane Incorporated

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 56% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesQuiet on X (35 mentions/wk)
$HLNE·$5.6B·Asset Management·Financial Services
$98.44-2.4%YTD-24.7%1Y-35.7%
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HLHLNE
$HLNEHamilton Lane Incorporated
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AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-05

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

The Hamilton Lane private-markets asset manager down 33% t12m — Q1 FY27 EPS beat by 27%, revenue +56% YoY.

Hamilton Lane is a mid-cap ($5.6B mcap) alternative-investment management firm specializing in private-markets separate accounts, fund-of-funds, and specialized investment strategies — a business down 33% t12m but up sharply after the Aug 4 Q1 FY27 print that materially beat expectations and reset the multi-quarter compression narrative.

  • The Q1 FY27 print was decisive: EPS of $1.94 vs $1.53 estimate (26.8% beat), revenue of $275.3M vs $221.9M estimate (24% beat, +56.5% YoY), gross margin at 60.9%, operating margin at 47.0%, and the four-quarter cadence of 4-43% EPS beats reflects sustained sell-side underestimation of the private-markets fee-earning growth trajectory.
  • The financial profile is genuinely differentiated for alternative-asset managers: TTM P/E of 15.3x, ROIC of 78.3%, ROE of 31.0%, gross margin of 67.1%, operating margin of 44.0%, FCF yield of 6.6% — extraordinary returns on capital at an undemanding multiple that reflects the multi-quarter compression rather than underlying trajectory.
  • The FY27 sell-side EPS estimate of $6.04 rising to $6.34 in FY28 reflects mid-single-digit growth from fee-earning AUM plus performance-fee crystallizations — the current multiple sits inside the trajectory.
  • The tape at 33% of range with position 22% above the 50-day but 6% below the 200-day reflects the specific post-earnings recovery phase — the multi-quarter drawdown has stabilized on the Q1 print and the technical setup has broken above the 50-day but the multi-year uptrend hasn't fully restarted.

The Nov 3 Q2 FY27 print is next — private-markets fee-earning AUM trajectory, performance-fee commentary, FY27 outlook. Fee-earning growth extends the recent Q1 breakout; a soft print at 33% of range invites mean-reversion.

What to watch: The Nov 3 Q2 FY27 print — private-markets fee-earning AUM trajectory, performance-fee commentary, and specific FY27 outlook.

On the calendar: 2026-11-03 — Q2 FY27 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Alternative asset manager specializing in private equity fund-of-funds, co-investments, and private credit for institutional clients globally.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Asset Management sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HLNE.

Asset Management · Financial Services

No material change from last week — AI infrastructure (data centers, power, logistics) and Bitcoin treasury strategies, both of which require patient institutional capital that private market..

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
15.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
78.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
44.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
6.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
6.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
31.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
67.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 4, 2026$1.94$1.53+26.8%
Q1 2026May 21, 2026$1.49$1.43+4.2%
Q4 2025Feb 3, 2026$1.55$1.35+14.8%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$1.54$1.08+42.6%
Next earningsTue, Nov 3·consensus EPS $1.58

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY27$275.3M+56.5%60.9%47.0%$1.94$77.2M
Q4 FY26$193.6M-2.2%69.8%42.5%$1.58$101.2M
Q3 FY26$198.6M+18.0%69.3%43.3%$1.40$72.4M
Q2 FY26$190.9M+27.3%70.8%41.8%$1.71$120.1M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 5 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$766.5M$761.0M – $771.7M$6.04$6.02 – $6.054
FY27$884.8M$863.2M – $919.2M$6.34$6.12 – $6.495
FY28$1.0B$1.0B – $1.0B$7.25$7.11 – $7.514
FY29$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$8.04$7.65 – $8.442

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.32%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+20.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-7.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 41.1M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.175-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyJun 11Hartley R. RogersChair38.3K sh$3.0MBuyJun 11Kramer Andrea AnigatiCOO1.3K sh$99KBuyJun 11David J BerkmanDirector15.0K sh$1.1MBuyMay 27Hartley R. RogersChair932 sh$86KBuyMay 26Hartley R. RogersChair55.0K sh$5.0MBuyFeb 24David J BerkmanDirector10.0K sh$1.0MBuyFeb 20Erik R. HirschCEO9.2K sh$988KBuyFeb 20Juan Delgado-moreiraCEO9.2K sh$989KBuyFeb 20Kramer Andrea AnigatiCOO2.3K sh$250KBuyFeb 20Mario L GianniniChair9.2K sh$990K
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Hamilton Lane Incorporated (HLNE) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·2d agoHamilton Lane Q1 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·2d agoHamilton Lane (HLNE) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Sayzacks.com·2d agoHamilton Lane (HLNE) Tops Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimateszacks.com·2d agoHAMILTON LANE INCORPORATED REPORTS FIRST QUARTER FISCAL 2027 RESULTSprnewswire.com·3d ago

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