VICI vs. KKR, BX, BAM, APO, HOOD, ARES, OWL, TPL, CBOE, and TPG
Should you be buying VICI Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VICI Properties include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Apollo Global Management (APO), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Ares Management (ARES), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and TPG (TPG). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
VICI Properties vs. Its Competitors
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VICI Properties pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. KKR & Co. Inc. has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and VICI Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 29 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 19 mentions for VICI Properties. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.83 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR & Co. Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $149.47, suggesting a potential upside of 12.88%. VICI Properties has a consensus target price of $35.42, suggesting a potential upside of 7.23%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than VICI Properties.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of VICI Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than VICI Properties. VICI Properties 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.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VICI Properties has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
VICI Properties has a net margin of 67.81% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 14.75%. VICI Properties' return on equity of 9.88% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats VICI Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VICI) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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