BX vs. KKR, APO, ARES, AMP, OWL, AMT, IBN, SAN, TD, and PLD
Should you be buying Blackstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), American Tower (AMT), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), and Prologis (PLD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Blackstone received 487 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.59% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.08% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Blackstone pays out 117.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
70.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Blackstone has a net margin of 20.84% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 19.38%. Blackstone's return on equity of 17.33% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Blackstone presently has a consensus target price of $123.65, indicating a potential downside of 1.61%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus target price of $94.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.69%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blackstone has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 8 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 22 mentions for Blackstone. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.44 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Blackstone and KKR & Co. Inc. tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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