BX vs. CG, TPG, APO, ARES, BLK, BN, IVZ, KKR, BAM, and HOOD
Should you be buying Blackstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone include Carlyle Group (CG), TPG (TPG), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), BlackRock (BLK), Brookfield (BN), Invesco (IVZ), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), and Robinhood Markets (HOOD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blackstone vs. Its Competitors
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
Blackstone has higher revenue and earnings than Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blackstone pays out 110.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Carlyle Group currently has a consensus target price of $59.93, suggesting a potential downside of 7.70%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $172.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.49%. Given Blackstone's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blackstone is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
Carlyle Group has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blackstone has a net margin of 20.83% compared to Carlyle Group's net margin of 20.22%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.60% beat Blackstone's return on equity.
55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Blackstone had 23 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Blackstone and 11 mentions for Carlyle Group. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Carlyle Group's score of 1.12 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Blackstone beats Carlyle Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BX) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
