Is Hamilton Lane Incorporated (HLNE) a Warren Buffett Stock?
Partial Buffett fit - meets 8/9 key criteria, but with reservations.
8/9 criteria passed
+8 sector-quality lift. Top-quintile within its sector on 4 of 5 quality metrics. Raw pillar score 68 → lifted to 76 before grade derivation.
Capped from B to C. Share count growing by more than 3%/year over 5y - dilutes future per-share value What are deal-breaker caps?
Warren Buffett's Criteria, Applied to HLNE
ROIC ≥ 15%
Gross margin ≥ 40%
Owner earnings yield ≥ 5%
5y profitable
Net Debt / EBITDA ≤ 3
Revenue CAGR ≥ 8%
EPS CAGR ≥ 8%
FCF / Net income ≥ 0.8
Debt / Equity ≤ 1
How HLNE Scores on Other Strategies
Live Financial Snapshot
Market cap
$4.76B
P/E (TTM)
14.1x
ROIC (TTM)
14.52%
Gross margin
69.23%
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Educational tool, not investment advice. Scores are computed from publicly-available financial data against published investing-strategy criteria. We do not claim that Warren Buffett personally owns or recommends HLNE.