VCTR vs. CG, HLNE, TPG, AMG, AMP, EQH, EVR, JHG, KKR, and SF
Should you be buying Victory Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victory Capital include Carlyle Group (CG), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), TPG (TPG), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Equitable (EQH), Evercore (EVR), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), and Stifel Financial (SF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Victory Capital vs. Its Competitors
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Victory Capital has a net margin of 27.18% compared to Carlyle Group's net margin of 20.22%. Victory Capital's return on equity of 26.46% beat Carlyle Group's return on equity.
Carlyle Group has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victory Capital has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Victory Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Victory Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Carlyle Group currently has a consensus price target of $60.87, suggesting a potential downside of 4.12%. Victory Capital has a consensus price target of $73.78, suggesting a potential upside of 12.84%. Given Victory Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victory Capital is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Victory Capital pays out 48.4% 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 and Victory Capital has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Victory Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than Victory Capital. Victory Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carlyle Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Carlyle Group had 7 more articles in the media than Victory Capital. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Carlyle Group and 9 mentions for Victory Capital. Victory Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Carlyle Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Victory Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Victory Capital beats Carlyle Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VCTR) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
