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Apollo Global Management (APO) Competitors

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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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Carlyle Group has increased 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.

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$26.11B2.76$4.58B$5.3523.52
Carlyle Group$5.43B4.23$1.02B$3.4218.56

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Apollo Global Management presently has a consensus target price of $164.07, suggesting a potential upside of 30.41%. Carlyle Group has a consensus target price of $60.87, suggesting a potential downside of 4.12%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Carlyle Group
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 25 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 15 mentions for Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.72 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Carlyle Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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APO vs. The Competition

MetricApollo Global ManagementFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$72.01B$13.10B$12.72B$21.82B
Dividend Yield1.62%5.99%5.50%3.54%
P/E Ratio23.5225.0539.9029.82
Price / Sales2.767.4830.0767.55
Price / Cash19.2815.3822.6424.90
Price / Book2.412.732.284.60
Net Income$4.58B$557.00M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-8.60%0.68%0.14%2.07%
1 Month Performance-4.33%-0.82%0.87%3.33%
1 Year Performance-7.03%7.46%540.63%13.11%

Apollo Global Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.8598 of 5 stars
$125.81
-1.1%
$164.07
+30.4%
-7.0%$72.01B$26.11B23.525,108Trending News
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CG
Carlyle Group
4.0443 of 5 stars
$63.85
+0.3%
$59.93
-6.1%
+35.4%$23.08B$5.43B18.662,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$19.14
-0.1%
N/A+11.3%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
TPG
TPG
4.1474 of 5 stars
$59.18
-0.9%
$62.57
+5.7%
-3.2%$22.34B$3.50B-311.181,900Trending News
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AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.6638 of 5 stars
$498.47
+1.3%
$544.50
+9.2%
+1.0%$47.09B$17.26B15.5413,600News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARES
Ares Management
4.9406 of 5 stars
$165.14
+1.1%
$182.73
+10.7%
-5.0%$54.00B$3.88B95.553,200Trending News
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BX
Blackstone
4.6373 of 5 stars
$175.89
+0.2%
$172.38
-2.0%
+10.8%$129.62B$13.23B47.274,895Trending News
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EVR
Evercore
4.7374 of 5 stars
$342.22
+1.3%
$296.00
-13.5%
+30.9%$13.21B$2.98B31.122,380News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9871 of 5 stars
$134.84
-0.6%
$158.07
+17.2%
-4.3%$120.22B$21.88B62.764,834Positive News
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OWL
Blue Owl Capital
4.0515 of 5 stars
$17.74
+2.2%
$24.02
+35.4%
-22.2%$27.50B$2.30B197.191,100Trending News
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SF
Stifel Financial
4.5451 of 5 stars
$114.40
+2.2%
$115.78
+1.2%
+16.1%$11.70B$4.97B22.189,000Analyst Upgrade

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