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KKR vs. CG, HLNE, TPG, APO, ARES, BN, BX, EVR, OWL, and HOOD

Should you be buying KKR & Co. Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR & Co. Inc. include Carlyle Group (CG), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), TPG (TPG), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Brookfield (BN), Blackstone (BX), Evercore (EVR), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), and Robinhood Markets (HOOD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

KKR & Co. Inc. vs. Its Competitors

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

Carlyle Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 12.95%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.60% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carlyle Group20.22% 23.60% 6.41%
KKR & Co. Inc. 12.95%6.30%1.08%

In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 21 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 19 mentions for Carlyle Group. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Carlyle Group's score of 0.61 indicating that KKR & Co. Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carlyle Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KKR & Co. Inc.
24 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Carlyle Group presently has a consensus target price of $61.47, indicating a potential upside of 5.45%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus target price of $156.20, indicating a potential upside of 29.95%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Carlyle Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carlyle Group
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
KKR & Co. Inc.
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Carlyle Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and KKR & Co. Inc. has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Carlyle Group has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group 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
Carlyle Group$5.43B3.89$1.02B$3.4217.04
KKR & Co. Inc.$21.88B4.89$3.08B$2.1555.91

55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

KKR & Co. Inc. beats Carlyle Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KKR vs. The Competition

MetricKKR & Co. Inc.FIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$104.78B$12.84B$12.54B$21.84B
Dividend Yield0.63%6.56%5.61%3.63%
P/E Ratio55.9124.1121.1732.72
Price / Sales4.897.1029.9265.88
Price / Cash31.3115.0419.3418.06
Price / Book1.772.812.274.71
Net Income$3.08B$567.68M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.47%-1.36%-0.62%-0.02%
1 Month Performance-19.31%-1.55%-1.34%0.33%
1 Year Performance-14.55%6.41%572.44%11.71%

KKR & Co. Inc. Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9722 of 5 stars
$120.20
+2.2%
$156.20
+30.0%
-14.0%$104.78B$21.88B55.914,834Positive News
CG
Carlyle Group
4.1875 of 5 stars
$58.49
+4.2%
$61.47
+5.1%
+11.5%$21.15B$5.43B17.102,300
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
4.7811 of 5 stars
$123.00
+4.0%
$162.13
+31.8%
-33.8%$6.85B$692.19M23.65530
TPG
TPG
4.5144 of 5 stars
$56.00
+2.0%
$64.50
+15.2%
-15.9%$21.16B$3.50B-294.741,900Gap Up
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.6984 of 5 stars
$122.54
+3.7%
$161.14
+31.5%
-13.6%$70.09B$26.11B22.905,108
ARES
Ares Management
4.8732 of 5 stars
$143.73
+2.0%
$180.00
+25.2%
-13.6%$46.96B$3.88B83.083,200Gap Up
BN
Brookfield
3.9686 of 5 stars
$44.76
+4.0%
$52.47
+17.2%
+20.1%$110.72B$86.01B156.13250,000
BX
Blackstone
4.8647 of 5 stars
$158.13
+2.8%
$179.06
+13.2%
-6.8%$116.56B$11.58B42.514,895Upcoming Earnings
EVR
Evercore
4.8571 of 5 stars
$315.81
+4.9%
$319.13
+1.1%
+12.2%$12.19B$3.24B28.712,380
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
3.7694 of 5 stars
$16.10
+4.2%
$22.54
+40.0%
-30.0%$24.94B$2.30B178.851,100Options Volume
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HOOD
Robinhood Markets
2.7852 of 5 stars
$140.67
+1.2%
$118.94
-15.4%
+406.1%$125.01B$2.95B71.412,300Positive News
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This page (NYSE:KKR) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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