AMP vs. BEN, ARES, APO, KKR, OWL, BAM, CG, TPG, BX, and VICI
Should you be buying Ameriprise Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameriprise Financial include Franklin Resources (BEN), Ares Management (ARES), Apollo Global Management (APO), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), The Carlyle Group (CG), TPG (TPG), Blackstone (BX), and VICI Properties (VICI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ameriprise Financial vs.
Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
Ameriprise Financial received 132 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.65% of users gave Ameriprise Financial an outperform vote while only 41.68% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.
Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 15.41% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 10.79%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 77.32% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.
45.5% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Resources. Franklin Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameriprise Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Franklin Resources pays out 72.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial pays out 27.4% 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. Franklin Resources has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Franklin Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Franklin Resources currently has a consensus target price of $24.55, indicating a potential downside of 6.14%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus target price of $349.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.19%. Given Ameriprise Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ameriprise Financial is more favorable than Franklin Resources.
In the previous week, Franklin Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Franklin Resources and 6 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Franklin Resources' score of 0.36 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ameriprise Financial beats Franklin Resources on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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