ARES vs. KKR, BX, APO, AMP, OWL, BAM, TPG, CG, MORN, and BEN
Should you be buying Ares Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Management include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Morningstar (MORN), and Franklin Resources (BEN). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.9% of Ares Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $94.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.43%. Ares Management has a consensus price target of $133.43, suggesting a potential downside of 6.15%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Management is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
KKR & Co. Inc. received 105 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.13% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 63.08% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 19.38% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 12.86%. KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity of 21.22% beat Ares Management's return on equity.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management pays out 166.8% 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. has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Ares Management has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Ares Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 12 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 10 mentions for Ares Management. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Ares Management's score of 0.38 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Ares Management on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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