BAM vs. KKR, BX, APO, HOOD, ARES, VICI, TPL, OWL, CBOE, and TPG
Should you be buying Brookfield Asset Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Asset Management include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Ares Management (ARES), VICI Properties (VICI), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and TPG (TPG). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Brookfield Asset Management vs.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset 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 $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 124.1% 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. has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Brookfield Asset Management has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $149.14, indicating a potential upside of 26.31%. Brookfield Asset Management has a consensus price target of $59.08, indicating a potential upside of 2.98%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 54.47% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 14.31%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 81.16% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 25 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 13 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Brookfield Asset Management's score of 1.03 indicating that KKR & Co. Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 171 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 63.65% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Brookfield Asset Management on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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