APO vs. CG, CSQ, TPG, AMP, ARES, BX, EQH, EVR, KKR, 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), Equitable (EQH), Evercore (EVR), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), and Stifel Financial (SF).
Apollo Global Management vs. Its Competitors
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Carlyle Group has a net margin of 19.00% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of 14.59%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.78% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.
Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Carlyle Group pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apollo Global Management pays out 35.7% 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. Carlyle Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Apollo Global Management has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Carlyle Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Carlyle Group currently has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.66%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus price target of $159.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.86%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 20 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 13 mentions for Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.79 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Apollo Global Management beats Carlyle Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:APO) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
