WPC vs. ARES, VICI, OWL, TPL, CBOE, NMR, TPG, CG, FUTU, and AMH
Should you be buying W. P. Carey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. P. Carey include Ares Management (ARES), VICI Properties (VICI), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Nomura (NMR), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Futu (FUTU), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
W. P. Carey vs.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 29.11% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat W. P. Carey's return on equity.
Ares Management has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W. P. Carey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ares Management. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ares Management received 271 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ares Management pays out 263.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey pays out 183.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Management has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and W. P. Carey has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. W. P. Carey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ares Management currently has a consensus price target of $174.94, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. W. P. Carey has a consensus price target of $104.22, suggesting a potential upside of 64.35%. Given W. P. Carey's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than Ares Management.
In the previous week, Ares Management had 1 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ares Management and 13 mentions for W. P. Carey. W. P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Ares Management's score of 0.60 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. 36.9% of Ares Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of W. P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ares Management beats W. P. Carey on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WPC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
