Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BAM or APO?

Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Asset Management. Apollo Global Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Asset Management	$4.06B	4.60	$451M	$1.08	38.98
Apollo Global Management	$32.64B	2.13	$5.05B	$9.03	13.53

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BAM or APO?

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BAM or APO?

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 8 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 7 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Apollo Global Management's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Brookfield Asset Management's score of 0.70 indicating that Apollo Global Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apollo Global Management	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAM or APO?

Apollo Global Management received 151 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.21% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 64.17% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 535 66.21%	Underperform Votes 273 33.79%
Apollo Global Management	Outperform Votes 686 64.17%	Underperform Votes 383 35.83%

Is BAM or APO more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 49.36% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of 16.27%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 98.98% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	49.36%	98.98%	67.65%
Apollo Global Management	16.27%	19.12%	1.31%

Do analysts recommend BAM or APO?

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of $42.32, suggesting a potential upside of 0.52%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus price target of $119.29, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. Given Brookfield Asset Management's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than Apollo Global Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Apollo Global Management	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, BAM or APO?

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BAM or APO a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 140.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apollo Global Management pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats Apollo Global Management on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.