KKR vs. BX, APO, ARES, AMP, OWL, IBN, SAN, CME, SMFG, and ICE
Should you be buying KKR & Co. Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR & Co. Inc. include Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), CME Group (CME), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
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.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blackstone pays out 132.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 6 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 20 mentions for Blackstone. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.38 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus target price of $90.64, suggesting a potential downside of 5.13%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $123.65, suggesting a potential upside of 0.94%. Given Blackstone's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
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.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blackstone on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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