Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) Competitors

Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMG or ARCC?

Affiliated Managers Group received 229 more outperform votes than Ares Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.19% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 62.56% of users gave Ares Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Affiliated Managers Group	Outperform Votes 645 71.19%	Underperform Votes 261 28.81%
Ares Capital	Outperform Votes 416 62.56%	Underperform Votes 249 37.44%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AMG or ARCC?

95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ares Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate AMG or ARCC?

Affiliated Managers Group presently has a consensus price target of $198.40, suggesting a potential upside of 19.49%. Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $22.94, suggesting a potential downside of 1.55%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Ares Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Affiliated Managers Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Ares Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Is AMG or ARCC more profitable?

Ares Capital has a net margin of 50.90% compared to Affiliated Managers Group's net margin of 25.06%. Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity of 16.17% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Affiliated Managers Group	25.06%	16.17%	7.88%
Ares Capital	50.90%	11.54%	5.50%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AMG or ARCC?

Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Affiliated Managers Group. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Affiliated Managers Group, 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
Affiliated Managers Group	$2.04B	2.38	$511.60M	$15.10	11.00
Ares Capital	$2.99B	5.23	$1.52B	$2.45	9.51

Is AMG or ARCC a better dividend stock?

Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Capital pays out 78.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor AMG or ARCC?

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 9 more articles in the media than Affiliated Managers Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ares Capital and 9 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Affiliated Managers Group's score of 0.88 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Affiliated Managers Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Capital	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AMG or ARCC?

Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Affiliated Managers Group beats Ares Capital on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.