APO vs. AMP, KKR, ARES, OWL, BEN, BAM, CG, BX, TPG, and COF
Should you be buying Apollo Global Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Global Management include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Ares Management (ARES), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Franklin Resources (BEN), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), The Carlyle Group (CG), Blackstone (BX), TPG (TPG), and Capital One Financial (COF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Apollo Global Management vs.
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Apollo Global Management. Apollo Global Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameriprise Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 17.91% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of -29.29%. Apollo Global Management's return on equity of 116.88% beat Ameriprise Financial's return on equity.
81.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.0% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned 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.
Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apollo Global Management pays out -28.7% 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. Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Apollo Global Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ameriprise Financial currently has a consensus target price of $347.18, suggesting a potential upside of 16.41%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus target price of $74.22, suggesting a potential upside of 25.91%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apollo Global Management received 88 more outperform votes than Ameriprise Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.55% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Ameriprise Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 1 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 13 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.46 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Apollo Global Management beats Ameriprise Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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