BX vs. KKR, HOOD, CG, GLPI, AMH, HST, JEF, COLD, EPRT, and STEP
Should you be buying Blackstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), The Carlyle Group (CG), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), and StepStone Group (STEP). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Blackstone and Blackstone both had 34 articles in the media. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.46 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 19.38% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 19.35%. Blackstone's return on equity of 17.43% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Blackstone pays out 117.3% 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 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Blackstone currently has a consensus target price of $127.56, indicating a potential downside of 10.17%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus target price of $101.20, indicating a potential downside of 14.61%. Given Blackstone's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
Blackstone has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blackstone received 485 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.53% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.28% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blackstone on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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