TPG (TPG) Competitors

Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and TPG (NASDAQ:TPG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate ARES or TPG?

Ares Management currently has a consensus target price of $165.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.79%. TPG has a consensus target price of $58.54, suggesting a potential upside of 23.14%. Given TPG's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TPG is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
TPG	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARES or TPG?

Ares Management received 584 more outperform votes than TPG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave TPG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 609 68.97%	Underperform Votes 274 31.03%
TPG	Outperform Votes 25 27.78%	Underperform Votes 65 72.22%

Is ARES or TPG more profitable?

Ares Management has a net margin of 11.35% compared to TPG's net margin of 0.67%. TPG's return on equity of 24.66% beat Ares Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%
TPG	0.67%	24.66%	8.15%

Does the media prefer ARES or TPG?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 3 more articles in the media than TPG. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ares Management and 23 mentions for TPG. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat TPG's score of 0.97 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ares Management	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TPG	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ARES or TPG?

Ares Management has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TPG has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ARES or TPG?

Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than TPG. TPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ares Management	$3.88B	12.78	$440.96M	$2.03	77.57
TPG	$2.54B	6.93	$23.48M	-$0.44	-108.05

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARES or TPG?

50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of TPG shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 76.5% of TPG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ARES or TPG a better dividend stock?

Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. TPG pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TPG pays out -481.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. TPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Ares Management beats TPG on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.