WPC vs. ARES, VICI, OWL, TPL, CBOE, TPG, NMR, 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), TPG (TPG), Nomura (NMR), Carlyle Group (CG), Futu (FUTU), and American Homes 4 Rent (AMH). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
W.P. Carey vs. Its Competitors
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and W.P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W.P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of W.P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ares Management has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.P. Carey has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. W.P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. 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.
In the previous week, Ares Management had 6 more articles in the media than W.P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ares Management and 13 mentions for W.P. Carey. W.P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Ares Management's score of 0.98 indicating that W.P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ares Management currently has a consensus target price of $174.94, suggesting a potential upside of 1.02%. W.P. Carey has a consensus target price of $100.40, suggesting a potential upside of 61.00%. Given W.P. Carey's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W.P. Carey is more favorable than Ares Management.
Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than W.P. Carey. 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 net margin of 26.66% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 9.73%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.29% beat W.P. Carey's return on equity.
Summary
Ares Management beats W.P. Carey on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WPC) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
