AMP vs. BLK, BK, TROW, STT, NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, and AMG
Should you be buying Ameriprise Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameriprise Financial include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), and Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, BlackRock had 13 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for BlackRock and 10 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. BlackRock's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Ameriprise Financial's score of 0.81 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock presently has a consensus target price of $845.42, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus target price of $450.88, indicating a potential upside of 3.27%. Given Ameriprise Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
BlackRock has a net margin of 32.26% compared to BlackRock's net margin of 19.42%. BlackRock's return on equity of 75.97% beat Ameriprise Financial's return on equity.
BlackRock has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.7% of BlackRock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of BlackRock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BlackRock pays out 51.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial pays out 20.1% 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. BlackRock has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
BlackRock received 506 more outperform votes than Ameriprise Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 63.88% of users gave Ameriprise Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock beats Ameriprise Financial on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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