APO vs. KKR, AMP, ARES, BX, OWL, BAM, CG, BN, PNC, and BBVA
Should you be buying Apollo Global Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Global Management include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Ares Management (ARES), Blackstone (BX), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), The Carlyle Group (CG), Brookfield (BN), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 21 more articles in the media than Apollo Global Management. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 12 mentions for Apollo Global Management. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.52 indicating that Apollo Global Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than KKR & Co. Inc.. Apollo Global Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KKR & Co. Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apollo Global Management pays out 20.5% 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. KKR & Co. Inc. has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Apollo Global Management has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 2 more outperform votes than Apollo Global Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.39% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 25.74% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 15.86%. KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity of 20.33% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.
KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus target price of $90.64, suggesting a potential downside of 5.65%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus target price of $113.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.74%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
Summary
Apollo Global Management beats KKR & Co. Inc. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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