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

Should you be buying KKR & Co. Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR & Co. Inc. include Blackstone (BX), 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 TPG (TPG). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

KKR & Co. Inc. vs. Its Competitors

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

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.$21.88B4.97$3.08B$2.3751.56
Blackstone$13.23B7.63$2.78B$3.3241.66

In the previous week, Blackstone had 13 more articles in the media than KKR & Co. Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Blackstone and 36 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc.. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 1.14 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.
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Blackstone
40 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $149.43, indicating a potential upside of 22.28%. Blackstone has a consensus price target of $155.65, indicating a potential upside of 12.54%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

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%

Blackstone has a net margin of 19.83% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 14.75%. Blackstone's return on equity of 19.84% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KKR & Co. Inc.14.75% 6.43% 1.08%
Blackstone 19.83%19.84%8.49%

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.7%. 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.

Summary

KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blackstone on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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KKR vs. The Competition

MetricKKR & Co. Inc.FIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$109.19B$12.36B$11.72B$19.68B
Dividend Yield0.60%6.14%5.68%3.81%
P/E Ratio51.5628.1418.2725.32
Price / Sales4.976.5125.3332.70
Price / Cash32.6415.0817.7417.51
Price / Book1.802.602.164.45
Net Income$3.08B$560.62M$1.01B$986.05M
7 Day Performance-0.94%0.48%0.44%-0.19%
1 Month Performance4.29%3.70%1.73%3.72%
1 Year Performance12.30%7.43%539.34%10.59%

KKR & Co. Inc. Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9732 of 5 stars
$122.20
-0.3%
$149.43
+22.3%
+12.7%$109.19B$21.88B51.564,834Positive News
BX
Blackstone
4.8522 of 5 stars
$137.66
+0.9%
$155.65
+13.1%
+10.7%$100.50B$10.71B37.954,700Positive News
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
3.904 of 5 stars
$54.92
+0.6%
$59.15
+7.7%
+43.2%$88.56B$543M41.612,400Positive News
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.5489 of 5 stars
$133.67
+1.2%
$159.00
+19.0%
+14.3%$76.43B$24.62B18.292,540
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.6074 of 5 stars
$76.37
+5.2%
$57.17
-25.1%
+252.2%$67.65B$3.26B48.662,400Trending News
ARES
Ares Management
4.5024 of 5 stars
$166.99
+0.9%
$174.94
+4.8%
+25.9%$54.54B$4.27B82.262,550
VICI
VICI Properties
3.7927 of 5 stars
$32.14
+0.0%
$35.18
+9.5%
+14.9%$33.96B$3.88B12.5520Positive News
Analyst Revision
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
4.4478 of 5 stars
$18.86
+0.8%
$23.81
+26.3%
+6.9%$28.99B$2.47B110.90540
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
1.1461 of 5 stars
$1,084.55
-3.1%
$917.00
-15.4%
+43.4%$24.93B$727.66M55.00100Positive News
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
2.7339 of 5 stars
$223.89
-0.9%
$219.64
-1.9%
N/A$23.44B$4.09B31.011,540Positive News
TPG
TPG
3.4247 of 5 stars
$50.24
+0.8%
$60.25
+19.9%
+22.6%$18.57B$2.64B-114.181,110Analyst Forecast

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