KKR vs. BX, HOOD, CG, GLPI, AMH, HST, REG, JEF, COLD, and STEP
Should you be buying KKR & Co. Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR & Co. Inc. include Blackstone (BX), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), The Carlyle Group (CG), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Regency Centers (REG), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), and StepStone Group (STEP). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blackstone pays out 117.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 3 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 29 mentions for Blackstone. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.46 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blackstone received 485 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.53% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.28% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $101.20, indicating a potential downside of 14.61%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $127.56, indicating a potential downside of 10.17%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
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. has a net margin of 19.38% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 19.35%. Blackstone's return on equity of 17.43% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blackstone on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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