Total revenue surged to $275.3M in Q1 FY2027, with non-interest income comprising effectively 100% of revenue, while the efficiency ratio improved to a record-low 24.1%, signaling strong operating leverage.
Hamilton Lane Incorporated (HLNE) annual income statement — 12-year revenue, gross profit & net income history
| Metric | TTM | Mar'26 | Mar'25 | Mar'24 | Mar'23 | Mar'22 | Mar'21 | Mar'20 | Mar'19 | Mar'18 | Mar'17 | Mar'16 | Mar'15 |
|---|
| Net Interest Income | -1.16M | -1.67M | -5.25M | -1.17M | -3.5M | -4.14M | -827K | -2.11M | -2.78M | -5.46M | -14.24M | -12.45M | -5.8M |
| NII Growth % | 285.89% | 68.25% | -350.13% | 66.69% | 15.35% | -400.36% | 60.75% | 24.32% | 49.02% | 61.66% | -14.45% | -114.75% | - |
| Net Interest Margin % | -0.05% | -0.07% | -0.31% | -0.09% | -0.31% | -0.32% | -0.07% | -0.44% | -0.77% | -1.86% | -5.92% | -6.33% | -2.88% |
| Interest Income | 13.43M | 13.28M | 8.08M | 10.01M | 5.11M | 500K | 1.68M | 709K | 255K | 528K | 320K | 194K | 87K |
| Interest Expense | 14.59M | 14.95M | 13.33M | 11.18M | 8.62M | 4.63M | 2.5M | 2.82M | 3.04M | 5.99M | 14.56M | 12.64M | 5.88M |
| Loan Loss Provision | 243.85M | 213.68M | 194.89M | 155.22M | 140.7M | 103.76M | 133.82M | 82.95M | 95.96M | 76.88M | 57.55M | 79.42M | 54.27M |
| Non-Interest Income | 844.93M | 745.71M | 704.88M | 543.83M | 523.64M | 367.42M | 339.96M | 273.34M | 251.92M | 243.5M | 179.5M | 180.6M | 155.3M |
| Non-Interest Income % | 100.14% | 100.22% | 100.75% | 100.22% | 100.67% | 101.14% | 100.24% | 100.78% | 101.12% | 102.29% | 108.62% | 107.4% | 103.88% |
| Total Net Revenue | 843.77M | 744.04M | 699.63M | 542.67M | 520.14M | 363.28M | 339.13M | 271.23M | 249.14M | 238.04M | 165.25M | 168.16M | 149.5M |
| Revenue Growth % | 24.46% | 6.35% | 28.92% | 4.33% | 43.18% | 7.12% | 25.03% | 8.87% | 4.66% | 44.05% | -1.73% | 12.48% | - |
| Non-Interest Expense | 225.48M | 205.42M | 188.19M | 141.63M | 139.4M | 89.96M | 49.59M | 71.86M | 48.96M | 38.21M | 31.59M | 26.9M | 26.86M |
| Efficiency Ratio | 26.72% | 27.61% | 26.9% | 26.1% | 26.8% | 24.76% | 14.62% | 26.49% | 19.65% | 16.05% | 19.12% | 16% | 17.97% |
| Operating Income | 374.44M | 324.94M | 316.55M | 245.82M | 240.04M | 169.56M | 155.73M | 116.43M | 104.22M | 122.95M | 76.11M | 61.83M | 68.36M |
| Operating Margin % | 44.38% | 43.67% | 45.25% | 45.3% | 46.15% | 46.68% | 45.92% | 42.93% | 41.83% | 51.65% | 46.06% | 36.77% | 45.73% |
| Operating Income Growth % | - | 2.65% | 28.77% | 2.41% | 41.56% | 8.88% | 33.75% | 11.71% | -15.23% | 61.54% | 23.1% | -9.55% | - |
| Pretax Income | 517.44M | 462.92M | 362.28M | 281.66M | 242.61M | 313.68M | 193.2M | 140.74M | 129.56M | 139.63M | 74.75M | 56.72M | 71.98M |
| Pretax Margin % | 61.32% | 62.22% | 51.78% | 51.9% | 46.64% | 86.35% | 56.97% | 51.89% | 52% | 58.66% | 45.24% | 33.73% | 48.15% |
| Income Tax | 81.91M | 75.2M | 48.51M | 54.45M | 55.42M | 66.42M | 24.42M | 13.97M | 30.56M | 33.33M | 316K | 869K | 483K |
| Effective Tax Rate % | 15.83% | 16.25% | 13.39% | 19.33% | 22.85% | 21.18% | 12.64% | 9.92% | 23.59% | 23.87% | 0.42% | 1.53% | 0.67% |
| Net Income | 275.89M | 249.18M | 217.42M | 140.86M | 109.12M | 145.99M | 98.02M | 60.83M | 33.57M | 17.34M | 612K | 0 | 0 |
| Net Margin % | 32.7% | 33.49% | 31.08% | 25.96% | 20.98% | 40.19% | 28.9% | 22.43% | 13.48% | 7.28% | 0.37% | 0% | 0% |
| Net Income Growth % | 30.02% | 14.61% | 54.35% | 29.09% | -25.25% | 48.93% | 61.15% | 81.17% | 93.6% | 2733.5% | - | - | - |
| Net Income (Continuing) | 435.53M | 387.72M | 313.77M | 227.21M | 187.19M | 247.25M | 168.78M | 126.78M | 99M | 106.3M | 74.44M | 55.85M | 71.5M |
| EPS (Diluted) | 5.07 | 5.92 | 5.41 | 3.69 | 3.01 | 3.98 | 2.81 | 2.14 | 1.38 | 0.91 | 0.03 | 3.35 | 4.19 |
| EPS Growth % | 26.15% | 9.43% | 46.61% | 22.59% | -24.37% | 41.64% | 31.31% | 55.07% | 51.65% | 2933.33% | -99.1% | -20.05% | - |
| EPS (Basic) | - | 5.99 | 5.45 | 3.72 | 3.05 | 4.02 | 2.82 | 2.17 | 1.41 | 0.94 | 0.03 | 3.35 | 4.19 |
| Diluted Shares Outstanding | 54.42M | 54.5M | 47.73M | 53.9M | 53.7M | 53.67M | 33.36M | 28.44M | 24.3M | 18.99M | 18.34M | 17.07M | 17.07M |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying HLNE stock.
For fiscal year 2026, Hamilton Lane Incorporated (HLNE) reported total revenue of $744.0M. This represents a 397.7% increase compared to $149.5M in 2015.
Hamilton Lane Incorporated (HLNE) is profitable, generating $249.2M in net income for the fiscal year ending 2026 with a net profit margin of 33.5%.
Hamilton Lane Incorporated (HLNE) reported an operating income of $324.9M, resulting in an operating profit margin of 43.7%. This margin reflects the operational efficiency of the business before interest and taxes.
Hamilton Lane Incorporated (HLNE) generated $530.4M in gross profit for the year, representing a gross profit margin of 71.3%. This demonstrates the company's core pricing power and production efficiency.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Performance fee volatility dependency
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Net Interest Income Irrelevant to Core Model
Net interest income is negligible and structurally negative, confirming HLNE's business model is entirely driven by fee and performance-based revenue, not traditional banking activities.
NII has been consistently negative or near zero across all ten quarters, ranging from -$2.2M to +$0.01M, which is immaterial relative to the $150M-$275M quarterly revenue base. This confirms that HLNE operates as an asset-light advisory and asset management firm, not a depository institution, and its income statement analysis should focus exclusively on fee composition and asset growth rather than interest rate dynamics.
Non-Interest Income Drives All Revenue Growth
Non-interest income constitutes effectively 100% of total revenue, with Q1 FY2027 demonstrating a powerful acceleration to $272.2M, driven by strong performance fee realization.
The fee percentage has remained consistently above 100% (due to slightly negative NII), confirming that total revenue is synonymous with non-interest fee and performance income. The quarter-over-quarter surge from $190.1M in Q4 2026 to $272.2M in Q1 2027 represents a 43% sequential jump, suggesting a significant crystallization of carried interest or incentive allocations. This episodic volatility is inherent to the private equity model and implies that quarterly earnings are highly dependent on the timing and magnitude of asset exits and distributions.
Operating Leverage Improving on Scale
The efficiency ratio compressed to a company-best 24.1% in Q1 2027, indicating exceptional operating leverage as the firm scales its asset-light advisory model.
The efficiency ratio (non-interest expense as a % of total revenue) has improved from a range of 25-32% in 2025 to 24.1% in the latest quarter, which is highly favorable for an asset manager. This trend suggests that HLNE is successfully scaling its platform without a proportional increase in compensation and benefits, its primary cost driver. Compared to peers like StepStone Group (negative operating margin), HLNE demonstrates superior cost discipline and scalability, which may support margin expansion as Fee-Earning AUM grows.
Provision Expense Reflects Underlying Fund Risk
Loan loss provisions, while present, appear to be a structural accounting entry for HLNE's fund-of-funds model rather than traditional credit risk provisioning.
Provision expense has ranged from $35.8M to $79.8M quarterly, which is a meaningful deduction from operating income. For an asset manager, these provisions likely relate to expected credit losses on legacy commitments or specific underlying portfolio exposures rather than a standard banking loan book. The provision in Q1 2027 at $79.8M is elevated relative to prior quarters and warrants monitoring to determine if it reflects increased stress in specific private market vintages or is simply a timing-related accrual.
Q1 FY2027 Represents an Earnings Breakout Quarter
Q1 FY2027's $275.3M revenue and $1.93 EPS represent the highest reported quarter in the dataset, suggesting a potential inflection point in performance fee realization.
This quarter delivered 57.5% revenue growth year-over-year and 42.2% growth sequentially, with EPS of $1.93 surpassing the $1.57 from Q4 2026 and $1.28 from Q1 2026. The magnitude of this beat suggests strong exit activity and carry realizations, possibly from successful IPOs or M&A events in underlying portfolio companies. However, the absence of forward guidance from management cautions against extrapolating this single-quarter run-rate; investors should assess whether this represents a new earnings plateau or a cyclical peak.
Carry Realization Timing Masks Core Earnings Quality
The 43% sequential revenue surge in Q1 2027 may mask underlying fee growth trends, as performance-based income is episodic and heavily dependent on capital markets exit conditions.
Strip away the potential performance fee surge, and the core management fee growth appears more moderate. The concern is that if private equity exit activity slows—as flagged in recent context—the episodic carry that drove Q1 2027's outperformance may not recur, leading to potential earnings volatility. Furthermore, the elevated provision expense in the same quarter ($79.8M) could be absorbing some of this upside. Investors should focus on the growth in Fee-Earning AUM as the more reliable leading indicator of recurring revenue, rather than quarterly EPS which can be distorted by carry timing.