AMP vs. BLK, BK, STT, NTRS, TROW, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, and AMG
Should you be buying Ameriprise Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameriprise Financial include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), and Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Ameriprise Financial vs. Its Competitors
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
80.7% of BlackRock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of BlackRock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackRock presently has a consensus target price of $1,102.08, suggesting a potential upside of 4.91%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus target price of $519.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.86%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
BlackRock has a net margin of 30.09% compared to Ameriprise Financial's net margin of 17.14%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 68.93% beat BlackRock's return on equity.
In the previous week, BlackRock had 81 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 106 mentions for BlackRock and 25 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat BlackRock's score of 1.14 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. BlackRock pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial pays out 21.7% 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. BlackRock has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BlackRock beats Ameriprise Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AMP) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
