AMG vs. TROW, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, MAIN, GBDC, CNS, PSEC, and OCSL
Should you be buying Affiliated Managers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Affiliated Managers Group include T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Prospect Capital (PSEC), and Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Affiliated Managers Group vs. Its Competitors
Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 11 more articles in the media than Affiliated Managers Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 9 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Affiliated Managers Group's score of 0.96 indicating that T. Rowe Price Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 57.6% 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. T. Rowe Price Group has raised its dividend for 39 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 29.61% compared to Affiliated Managers Group's net margin of 25.06%. T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity of 20.83% beat Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity.
Affiliated Managers Group received 50 more outperform votes than T. Rowe Price Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 50.38% of users gave T. Rowe Price Group an outperform vote.
T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than Affiliated Managers Group. T. Rowe Price Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Affiliated Managers Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Affiliated Managers Group presently has a consensus target price of $192.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.09%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus target price of $94.09, indicating a potential downside of 1.06%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.
Summary
T. Rowe Price Group beats Affiliated Managers Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AMG) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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