BAM vs. KKR, BX, APO, HOOD, ARES, VICI, OWL, TPL, 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), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and TPG (TPG). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Brookfield Asset Management vs. Its Competitors
Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% 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.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 24 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 6 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 1.25 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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. pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and KKR & Co. Inc. has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of $59.46, suggesting a potential upside of 8.09%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $149.43, suggesting a potential upside of 11.08%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.
Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 55.26% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 14.75%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 52.70% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
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.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Brookfield Asset Management on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BAM) was last updated on 6/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
