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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:KKR) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff