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BX vs. KKR, BAM, APO, HOOD, ARES, VICI, OWL, TPL, CBOE, and TPG

Should you be buying Blackstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), 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.

Blackstone vs. Its Competitors

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) 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 dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Blackstone pays out 112.0% 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. KKR & Co. Inc. has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone. Blackstone 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Blackstone$10.71B9.64$2.78B$3.3242.63
KKR & Co. Inc.$15.09B7.43$3.08B$2.3753.16

Blackstone has a net margin of 20.99% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 14.31%. Blackstone's return on equity of 19.58% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Blackstone20.99% 19.58% 8.54%
KKR & Co. Inc. 14.31%6.20%1.03%

Blackstone received 464 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.29% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackstoneOutperform Votes
1197
70.29%
Underperform Votes
506
29.71%
KKR & Co. Inc.Outperform Votes
733
63.68%
Underperform Votes
418
36.32%

Blackstone has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 9 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 28 mentions for Blackstone. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.52 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Blackstone
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KKR & Co. Inc.
14 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

70.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Blackstone currently has a consensus price target of $155.65, indicating a potential upside of 9.97%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $149.43, indicating a potential upside of 18.60%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Blackstone.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Blackstone
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
KKR & Co. Inc.
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

Summary

KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blackstone on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BX vs. The Competition

MetricBlackstoneInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$103.27B$11.60B$11.69B$19.80B
Dividend Yield2.70%24.42%5.67%3.84%
P/E Ratio38.9939.7223.0135.67
Price / Sales9.647.7926.9346.74
Price / Cash38.5017.7117.6017.52
Price / Book5.473.782.884.84
Net Income$2.78B$419.40M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.92%1.92%1.35%1.90%
1 Month Performance1.52%2.99%2.70%5.49%
1 Year Performance18.92%13.74%541.67%10.62%

Blackstone Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BX
Blackstone
4.4585 of 5 stars
$141.53
-1.0%
$155.65
+10.0%
+19.4%$103.27B$10.71B38.994,700Positive News
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9868 of 5 stars
$123.52
+0.1%
$149.43
+21.0%
+13.9%$110.17B$15.09B37.153,240Trending News
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
3.2506 of 5 stars
$55.42
-3.7%
$59.15
+6.7%
+46.7%$89.34B$543M41.972,400Positive News
High Trading Volume
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.732 of 5 stars
$133.93
+0.4%
$159.00
+18.7%
+14.2%$76.59B$24.62B18.332,540Trending News
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.3445 of 5 stars
$71.82
-4.1%
$56.17
-21.8%
+209.6%$63.81B$3.26B45.902,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ARES
Ares Management
4.7116 of 5 stars
$173.26
-0.4%
$174.94
+1.0%
+23.1%$56.57B$4.27B85.342,550
VICI
VICI Properties
3.643 of 5 stars
$31.96
+1.5%
$35.18
+10.1%
+15.4%$33.78B$3.88B12.4920Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
3.7284 of 5 stars
$19.21
-0.3%
$23.40
+21.9%
+9.7%$29.53B$2.47B112.98540
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
0.7415 of 5 stars
$1,117.28
+0.4%
$917.00
-17.9%
+51.8%$25.73B$727.66M56.75100Positive News
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
2.1891 of 5 stars
$220.68
-0.9%
$219.64
-0.5%
N/A$23.11B$4.09B30.571,540Positive News
TPG
TPG
3.9364 of 5 stars
$50.69
+0.9%
$60.25
+18.9%
+24.6%$18.73B$2.64B-115.191,110

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