Hamilton Lane Inc "Putting the Key Debates into Perspective in Beantown" (Buy)

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Hamilton Lane Inc "Putting the Key Debates into Perspective in Beantown" (Buy)

Global Research

25 June 2026ab

Hamilton Lane Inc Equities

United StatesPutting the Key Debates into Perspective in

Beantown Diversified Financial

12-month rating Buy *

12m price target US$118.00Our take

We hosted HLNE's CFO Jeffrey Armbrister and John Oh (Head of Shareholder Relations)

in Boston for meetings. Management emphasized consistent performance, healthy Price (25 Jun 2026) US$76.28

inflows, and resilience in its evergreen structures—highlighting that it has not faced RIC: HLNE.O BBG: HLNE US

gating pressure within its evergreen products and that redemptions are largely recycled

within its ecosystem. While some investor concerns persist around transparency, Trading data and key metrics

distribution concentration, and industry dynamics (e.g., secondaries marks, realizations), 52-wk range US$160.88-73.79

HLNE framed its track record, diversification across strategies, and institutional adoption Market cap. US$2.83b

as key mitigants. Overall, the tone was constructive, with management focused on Shares o/s 37.0m (COM)

leveraging its data advantages and GP network to source top-quartile opportunities and Free float 85%

maintaining performance at or above client expectations. Avg. daily volume ('000) 913

Avg. daily value (m) US$81.5

Evergreen durability, flows, and distribution evolution Common s/h equity (03/27E) US$1.47b

A central theme was the strength and stability of HLNE’s evergreen platform. P/BV (03/27E) 2.7x

Management noted that the firm has not had to implement proration, with inflows Tier 1 ratio -

remaining consistent (albeit slightly more muted over the last 9 months) and

redemptions manageable. Institutional participation is increasing (now ~25% of EPS (UBS, diluted) (USD)