APO vs. KKR, BX, ARES, AMP, OWL, BAM, TPG, CG, MORN, and BEN
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), Blackstone (BX), Ares Management (ARES), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Morningstar (MORN), and Franklin Resources (BEN). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 15.7% 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. currently has a consensus price target of $101.20, suggesting a potential downside of 14.61%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus price target of $119.29, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 19.38% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 16.27%. KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity of 19.12% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.
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. has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 18 more articles in the media than Apollo Global Management. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 15 mentions for Apollo Global Management. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.46 indicating that Apollo Global Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 5 more outperform votes than Apollo Global Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.17% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote while only 63.28% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. and Apollo Global Management tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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