KKR vs. BX, APO, ARES, AMP, OWL, AMT, IBN, TD, PLD, and MMC
Should you be buying KKR & Co. Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR & Co. Inc. include Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), American Tower (AMT), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Prologis (PLD), and Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
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.
70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Blackstone currently 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 KKR & Co. Inc.'s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
Blackstone has a net margin of 20.84% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 19.38%. KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity of 17.33% beat Blackstone's return on equity.
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. KKR & Co. Inc. has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 6 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 25 mentions for Blackstone. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Blackstone's score of 0.35 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Blackstone on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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