Diamond Hill Investment Group (NASDAQ:DHIL – Get Free Report) and AlTi Global (NASDAQ:ALTI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Volatility and Risk
Diamond Hill Investment Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AlTi Global has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Diamond Hill Investment Group and AlTi Global’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Diamond Hill Investment Group | $154.50 million | 3.26 | $40.43 million | $16.21 | 10.58 |
| AlTi Global | N/A | N/A | $8.78 million | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
65.5% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of AlTi Global shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Diamond Hill Investment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of AlTi Global 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 Diamond Hill Investment Group and AlTi Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Diamond Hill Investment Group | 34.88% | 21.32% | 14.60% |
| AlTi Global | N/A | 2.19% | 1.21% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Diamond Hill Investment Group and AlTi Global, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Diamond Hill Investment Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| AlTi Global | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
AlTi Global has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.12%. Given AlTi Global’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AlTi Global is more favorable than Diamond Hill Investment Group.
Summary
Diamond Hill Investment Group beats AlTi Global on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Diamond Hill Investment Group
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., through its subsidiary, Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc., provides investment advisory and fund administration services in the United States. It sponsors, distributes, and offers investment advisory and related services to its clients through pooled investment vehicles, including the Diamond Hill Funds, separately managed accounts, and model delivery programs. The company also provides fund administration services, including portfolio and regulatory compliance, treasury and financial oversight, and general business management and governance of the mutual fund complex, as well as oversight of back-office service providers, such as the custodian, fund accountant, and transfer agent. Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.
About AlTi Global
AlTi Global, Inc. provides wealth and asset management services individuals, families, foundations, and institutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers discretionary investment management, non-discretionary investment advisory, trust, and administration services, as well as family office services comprising wealth transfer planning, multi-generational education planning, wealth and asset strategy, trust and fiduciary, chief financial officers and outsourced family office, philanthropy, and lifestyle and special projects services. It also provides merchant banking services, such as merger and acquisition advisory, corporate broker, private placements, public company and initial public offering advisory, strategic advisory, independent board advice, and structured finance advisory services; and corporate advisory, brokerage, and placement agency services to entrepreneurs and companies. The company offers investment strategy, asset allocation, investment manager selection, risk management, portfolio construction and implementation, and reporting. In addition, it manages or advises in combined assets; structures, arranges, and provides investors with co-investment opportunities in various alternative assets; manages and advises public and private investment funds; and invests in and supports financial services professionals, as well as provides impact investing advisory, investment manager selection, monitoring, and due diligence services. Further, the company offers coordination of legal-related and strategic business planning, wealth transfer planning, estate planning, research on trustee placement and multi-generational education planning, administrative, tax planning and concierge, and other services. The company was formerly known as Alvarium Tiedemann Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to AlTi Global, Inc. in April 2023. The company is based in New York, New York.
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