AMP vs. BEN, ARES, OWL, APO, CG, BAM, TPG, KKR, BX, and LYG
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), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Apollo Global Management (APO), The Carlyle Group (CG), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), and Lloyds Banking Group (LYG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
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.
84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ameriprise Financial received 141 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Ameriprise Financial an outperform vote while only 40.93% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.
Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Resources pays out 65.3% 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.
In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 19 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 9 mentions for Franklin Resources. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Franklin Resources' score of 0.34 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ameriprise Financial currently has a consensus target price of $449.57, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Franklin Resources has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.69%. Given Franklin Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Resources is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 19.42% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 12.30%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 75.97% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Ameriprise Financial beats Franklin Resources on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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