WPC vs. ARES, HOOD, VICI, TPL, OWL, CBOE, TPG, NMR, CG, 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), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), VICI Properties (VICI), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), TPG (TPG), Nomura (NMR), The Carlyle Group (CG), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
W. P. Carey vs.
W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.
Ares Management received 268 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 56.55% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
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.
73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
W. P. Carey has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. W. P. Carey pays out 170.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
W. P. Carey currently has a consensus price target of $63.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.80%. Ares Management has a consensus price target of $165.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.09%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Management is more favorable than W. P. Carey.
In the previous week, W. P. Carey had 1 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for W. P. Carey and 23 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat W. P. Carey's score of 0.89 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ares Management beats W. P. Carey on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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