APO vs. KKR, ARES, AMP, BX, OWL, CG, BAM, USB, BN, and PNC
Should you be buying Apollo Global Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Global Management include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Ares Management (ARES), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blackstone (BX), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), The Carlyle Group (CG), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Brookfield (BN), and The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 25.74% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 15.86%. KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity of 20.33% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.
KKR & Co. Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $90.64, suggesting a potential downside of 5.13%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus target price of $113.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.99%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
KKR & Co. Inc. received 1 more outperform votes than Apollo Global Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.43% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than KKR & Co. Inc.. Apollo Global Management 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.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 4 more articles in the media than Apollo Global Management. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 20 mentions for Apollo Global Management. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.38 indicating that Apollo Global Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apollo Global Management pays out 20.5% 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 4 consecutive years and Apollo Global Management has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Apollo Global Management beats KKR & Co. Inc. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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