KKR vs. BX, APO, AMP, ARES, OWL, IBN, AMT, SMFG, ICE, and CME
Should you be buying KKR & Co. Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR & Co. Inc. include Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Ares Management (ARES), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), ICICI Bank (IBN), American Tower (AMT), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), and CME Group (CME). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Blackstone had 17 more articles in the media than KKR & Co. Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Blackstone and 17 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc.. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.59 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 25.74% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 17.34%. Blackstone's return on equity of 17.30% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
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.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blackstone pays out 205.5% 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. currently has a consensus price target of $90.64, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. Blackstone has a consensus price target of $119.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.30%. Given Blackstone's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Blackstone received 489 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.58% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. and Blackstone tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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