BX vs. KKR, APO, AMP, ARES, OWL, AMT, SAN, CME, SMFG, and ICE
Should you be buying Blackstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Ares Management (ARES), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), American Tower (AMT), Banco Santander (SAN), CME Group (CME), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 25.74% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 20.84%. Blackstone's return on equity of 17.33% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Blackstone pays out 117.3% 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 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 18 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 16 mentions for Blackstone. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.50 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Blackstone received 490 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.59% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
Blackstone has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blackstone presently has a consensus price target of $123.65, suggesting a potential upside of 5.26%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $90.64, suggesting a potential downside of 4.73%. Given Blackstone's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blackstone on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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