BX vs. KKR, APO, AMP, ARES, OWL, IBN, AMT, MMC, HDB, and SMFG
Should you be buying Blackstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Ares Management (ARES), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), ICICI Bank (IBN), American Tower (AMT), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), HDFC Bank (HDB), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Blackstone currently has a consensus price target of $119.53, indicating a potential downside of 8.73%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $82.60, indicating a potential downside of 17.79%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
Blackstone received 490 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.83% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.01% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 8 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 12 mentions for Blackstone. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.41 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Blackstone has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 25.74% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 17.34%. Blackstone's return on equity of 17.30% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Blackstone pays out 205.5% 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 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blackstone on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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