CG vs. ARES, HOOD, VICI, OWL, TPL, BAM, CBOE, NMR, TPG, and FUTU
Should you be buying The Carlyle Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Carlyle Group include Ares Management (ARES), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), VICI Properties (VICI), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Nomura (NMR), TPG (TPG), and Futu (FUTU). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
The Carlyle Group vs.
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
The Carlyle Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ares Management. The Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ares Management received 8 more outperform votes than The Carlyle Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave The Carlyle Group an outperform vote.
The Carlyle Group has a net margin of 18.81% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. The Carlyle Group's return on equity of 24.02% beat Ares Management's return on equity.
55.9% of The Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of The Carlyle Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. The Carlyle Group pays out 50.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Carlyle Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
The Carlyle Group presently has a consensus target price of $54.53, indicating a potential upside of 20.94%. Ares Management has a consensus target price of $173.83, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. Given The Carlyle Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Carlyle Group is more favorable than Ares Management.
In the previous week, Ares Management had 2 more articles in the media than The Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Ares Management and 29 mentions for The Carlyle Group. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat The Carlyle Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Carlyle Group beats Ares Management on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CG) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
