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

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 Nomura (NMR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Blackstone vs.

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

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

KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. has raised 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
KKR & Co. Inc.$15.09B7.32$3.08B$2.3752.36
Blackstone$10.71B9.74$2.78B$3.3243.07

KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus target price of $149.43, suggesting a potential upside of 20.42%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $155.65, suggesting a potential upside of 8.86%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Blackstone.

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

In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 7 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 23 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 news media.

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

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

76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
KKR & Co. Inc.14.31% 6.20% 1.03%
Blackstone 20.99%19.58%8.54%

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$104.32B$11.54B$11.70B$19.81B
Dividend Yield2.70%24.43%5.68%3.85%
P/E Ratio39.3939.7123.1035.71
Price / Sales9.747.7126.8545.94
Price / Cash38.5017.7117.6017.52
Price / Book5.523.782.864.84
Net Income$2.78B$419.40M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.96%1.48%1.38%2.29%
1 Month Performance2.56%2.43%2.73%5.86%
1 Year Performance20.14%12.58%541.44%11.14%

Blackstone Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BX
Blackstone
4.1903 of 5 stars
$142.98
+2.1%
$155.65
+8.9%
+19.4%$104.32B$10.71B39.394,700Positive News
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9589 of 5 stars
$121.77
+0.3%
$149.43
+22.7%
+13.9%$108.46B$15.09B36.573,240Trending News
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
3.8242 of 5 stars
$56.06
-0.1%
$59.15
+5.5%
+46.7%$90.40B$543M42.472,400
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.7463 of 5 stars
$130.33
-0.3%
$159.00
+22.0%
+14.2%$74.48B$24.62B17.832,540
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
2.6576 of 5 stars
$67.73
+2.4%
$55.41
-18.2%
+209.6%$60.10B$3.26B43.232,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ARES
Ares Management
4.7361 of 5 stars
$166.60
+0.7%
$174.94
+5.0%
+23.1%$54.41B$4.27B82.072,550
VICI
VICI Properties
3.6427 of 5 stars
$31.72
+0.0%
$35.18
+10.9%
+15.4%$33.50B$3.88B12.3820Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
3.2729 of 5 stars
$18.66
-0.1%
$23.40
+25.5%
+9.7%$28.69B$2.47B109.74540
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
0.8917 of 5 stars
$1,115.41
+0.3%
$917.00
-17.8%
+51.8%$25.64B$727.66M56.56100Positive News
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
2.4571 of 5 stars
$231.31
+1.0%
$219.64
-5.0%
N/A$24.22B$4.09B32.041,540Positive News
NMR
Nomura
4.5609 of 5 stars
$6.16
+1.1%
N/A+0.6%$18.28B$1.66T8.7926,600Positive News

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