MC vs. BAM, TPG, CG, MORN, BEN, HLI, EVR, HLNE, IVZ, and JHG
Should you be buying Moelis & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moelis & Company include Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Morningstar (MORN), Franklin Resources (BEN), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Evercore (EVR), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Invesco (IVZ), and Janus Henderson Group (JHG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) and Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Brookfield Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Moelis & Company. Moelis & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 22 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Moelis & Company and 7 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Moelis & Company's score of 0.56 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Moelis & Company presently has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.82%. Brookfield Asset Management has a consensus price target of $42.32, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Given Brookfield Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than Moelis & Company.
Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 49.36% compared to Moelis & Company's net margin of 1.38%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 98.98% beat Moelis & Company's return on equity.
Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Moelis & Company pays out -1,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 140.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Brookfield Asset Management received 228 more outperform votes than Moelis & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave Moelis & Company an outperform vote.
Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Moelis & Company shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Brookfield Asset Management beats Moelis & Company on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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