MRCC vs. KKR, BX, APO, ARES, AMP, OWL, BAM, CG, TPG, and MORN
Should you be buying Monroe Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monroe Capital include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), The Carlyle Group (CG), TPG (TPG), and Morningstar (MORN). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Monroe Capital (NASDAQ:MRCC) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Monroe Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Monroe Capital pays out 10,010.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 17 more articles in the media than Monroe Capital. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 3 mentions for Monroe Capital. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Monroe Capital's score of 0.33 indicating that KKR & Co. Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 333 more outperform votes than Monroe Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Monroe Capital an outperform vote while only 63.08% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 19.38% compared to Monroe Capital's net margin of 0.33%. Monroe Capital's return on equity of 10.98% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Monroe Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Monroe Capital. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monroe Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monroe Capital has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Monroe Capital presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.40%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $94.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.56%. Given Monroe Capital's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Monroe Capital is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Monroe Capital on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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