BX vs. KKR, APO, AMP, ARES, OWL, SAN, BNS, BMO, AON, 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), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Bank of Montreal (BMO), AON (AON), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blackstone vs.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Blackstone received 494 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.70% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus target price of $67.69, indicating a potential upside of 32.86%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $112.33, indicating a potential upside of 32.62%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Blackstone.
53.9% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. 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.
Blackstone has higher revenue and earnings than KKR & Co. Inc.. 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.
Blackstone has a net margin of 20.52% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of -14.70%. Blackstone's return on equity of 19.43% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 1 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 8 mentions for Blackstone. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Blackstone's score of 0.23 indicating that KKR & Co. Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out -45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blackstone pays out 153.6% 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 3 consecutive years and Blackstone has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Blackstone beats KKR & Co. Inc. on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Blackstone Competitors List
