CG vs. TPG, TROW, APO, ARES, BLK, BN, BX, CGAU, EVR, and KKR
Should you be buying Carlyle Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlyle Group include TPG (TPG), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), BlackRock (BLK), Brookfield (BN), Blackstone (BX), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Evercore (EVR), and KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR).
Carlyle Group vs. Its Competitors
TPG (NASDAQ:TPG) and Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and media sentiment.
TPG has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TPG pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. TPG pays out -1,242.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Carlyle Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. TPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TPG presently has a consensus target price of $64.14, indicating a potential upside of 12.37%. Carlyle Group has a consensus target price of $60.87, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Given TPG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TPG is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
In the previous week, TPG had 14 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for TPG and 20 mentions for Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat TPG's score of 0.51 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than TPG. TPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlyle Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlyle Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to TPG's net margin of 1.60%. TPG's return on equity of 25.79% beat Carlyle Group's return on equity.
94.0% of TPG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.5% of TPG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
TPG beats Carlyle Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CG) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
