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Apollo Global Management (APO) Competitors

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$134.07 +0.07 (+0.05%)
Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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APO vs. CG, CSQ, TPG, AMP, ARES, BX, EVR, KKR, OWL, and SF

Should you be buying Apollo Global Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Global Management include Carlyle Group (CG), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), TPG (TPG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Ares Management (ARES), Blackstone (BX), Evercore (EVR), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), and Stifel Financial (SF).

Apollo Global Management vs. Its Competitors

Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) and Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apollo Global Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apollo Global Management$26.11B2.94$4.58B$5.3525.06
Carlyle Group$5.43B4.31$1.02B$3.4218.92

Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Apollo Global Management pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% 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. Apollo Global Management has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Carlyle Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Carlyle Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 17 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 14 mentions for Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 1.22 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apollo Global Management
24 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Carlyle Group
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Apollo Global Management presently has a consensus price target of $163.28, suggesting a potential upside of 21.78%. Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $59.60, suggesting a potential downside of 7.90%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than Carlyle Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apollo Global Management
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95
Carlyle Group
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Carlyle Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of 13.25%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.60% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apollo Global Management13.25% 13.38% 1.05%
Carlyle Group 20.22%23.60%6.41%

77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Apollo Global Management beats Carlyle Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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APO vs. The Competition

MetricApollo Global ManagementFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$76.77B$13.79B$12.61B$21.32B
Dividend Yield1.52%5.75%5.45%3.52%
P/E Ratio25.0626.8819.4129.16
Price / Sales2.947.5126.2355.66
Price / Cash20.5516.3622.1924.09
Price / Book2.362.642.355.47
Net Income$4.58B$572.25M$1.01B$992.74M
7 Day Performance-3.83%1.55%1.74%2.67%
1 Month Performance-11.70%0.51%1.61%2.35%
1 Year Performance20.24%13.09%541.38%10.76%

Apollo Global Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.2564 of 5 stars
$134.08
+0.0%
$163.28
+21.8%
+20.2%$76.77B$26.11B25.065,108Positive News
CG
Carlyle Group
4.5132 of 5 stars
$63.65
-1.9%
$59.60
-6.4%
+60.8%$23.04B$3.71B18.632,300Positive News
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$18.43
-0.3%
N/A+7.9%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/ANews Coverage
TPG
TPG
4.111 of 5 stars
$63.81
-0.6%
$62.57
-1.9%
+21.4%$23.77B$3.50B-335.941,900
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.616 of 5 stars
$506.62
-1.4%
$534.71
+5.5%
+17.3%$47.77B$17.26B15.7713,600News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
ARES
Ares Management
4.2871 of 5 stars
$188.31
-1.1%
$178.19
-5.4%
+23.0%$61.53B$3.88B108.913,200Trending News
Insider Trade
BX
Blackstone
4.7065 of 5 stars
$171.75
-1.7%
$170.12
-0.9%
+22.2%$126.56B$13.23B46.164,895News Coverage
Positive News
EVR
Evercore
4.6226 of 5 stars
$306.07
-2.3%
$284.29
-7.1%
+30.7%$11.99B$2.98B27.872,380
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9674 of 5 stars
$142.60
-2.4%
$157.73
+10.6%
+15.9%$127.18B$21.88B66.404,834News Coverage
Positive News
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
4.2824 of 5 stars
$19.12
-2.8%
$24.02
+25.7%
+8.2%$29.64B$2.30B212.571,100Positive News
Gap Up
SF
Stifel Financial
4.5208 of 5 stars
$114.51
-1.2%
$115.78
+1.1%
+30.5%$11.71B$5.06B22.219,000News Coverage
Positive News

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