TPG (TPG) Competitors

Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and TPG (NASDAQ:TPG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ARES or TPG?

50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of TPG shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ares Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 76.5% of TPG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend ARES or TPG?

Ares Management presently has a consensus price target of $176.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.25%. TPG has a consensus price target of $64.27, indicating a potential upside of 13.50%. Given TPG's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TPG is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
TPG	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARES or TPG?

Ares Management received 581 more outperform votes than TPG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.73% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 23.17% of users gave TPG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 600 68.73%	Underperform Votes 273 31.27%
TPG	Outperform Votes 19 23.17%	Underperform Votes 63 76.83%

Is ARES or TPG a better dividend stock?

Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. TPG pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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. TPG pays out -345.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ARES or TPG?

Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than TPG. TPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, 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
Ares Management	$3.88B	14.02	$440.96M	$2.03	85.71
TPG	$3.50B	5.91	$23.48M	-$0.44	-128.70

Does the media prefer ARES or TPG?

In the previous week, TPG had 5 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for TPG and 11 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat TPG's score of 0.38 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ares Management	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
TPG	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ARES or TPG more profitable?

Ares Management has a net margin of 11.35% compared to TPG's net margin of 0.67%. TPG's return on equity of 24.66% beat Ares Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%
TPG	0.67%	24.66%	8.15%

Which has more volatility and risk, ARES or TPG?

Ares Management has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TPG has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ares Management beats TPG on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.