ARES vs. KKR, BX, BAM, APO, HOOD, VICI, OWL, TPL, CBOE, and NMR
Should you be buying Ares Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Management include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Apollo Global Management (APO), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), VICI Properties (VICI), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and Nomura (NMR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Ares Management vs.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 120 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.95% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 18 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 12 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.52 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.9% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ares Management presently has a consensus target price of $174.94, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus target price of $149.43, suggesting a potential upside of 20.42%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Ares Management.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ares Management pays out 263.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and KKR & Co. Inc. has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Ares Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ares Management has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Ares Management on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARES) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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