Carlyle Group (CG) Competitors

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CG or HOOD?

55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CG or HOOD?

Robinhood Markets has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinhood Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carlyle Group	$3.47B	5.79	$1.02B	$2.95	18.84
Robinhood Markets	$2.95B	28.24	$1.41B	$1.76	53.48

Do analysts recommend CG or HOOD?

Carlyle Group currently has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.66%. Robinhood Markets has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 26.70%. Given Carlyle Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Carlyle Group is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Group	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Robinhood Markets	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is CG or HOOD more profitable?

Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 48.77% compared to Carlyle Group's net margin of 19.00%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.78% beat Robinhood Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Group	19.00%	23.78%	6.40%
Robinhood Markets	48.77%	15.42%	3.37%

Which has more risk and volatility, CG or HOOD?

Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CG or HOOD?

In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 97 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 109 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 12 mentions for Carlyle Group. Carlyle Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 0.71 indicating that Carlyle Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlyle Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Robinhood Markets	42 Very Positive mention(s)	30 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Robinhood Markets beats Carlyle Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.