AMP vs. BLK, BK, STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, and MAIN
Should you be buying Ameriprise Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameriprise Financial include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), State Street (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), and Main Street Capital (MAIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Ameriprise Financial vs.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, BlackRock had 49 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for BlackRock and 34 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. BlackRock's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Ameriprise Financial's score of 1.21 indicating that BlackRock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. BlackRock pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BlackRock has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
BlackRock has a net margin of 31.21% compared to Ameriprise Financial's net margin of 19.70%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 69.35% beat BlackRock's return on equity.
BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackRock received 530 more outperform votes than Ameriprise Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.17% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Ameriprise Financial an outperform vote.
BlackRock currently has a consensus price target of $1,120.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus price target of $510.44, indicating a potential downside of 3.72%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
BlackRock has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.7% of BlackRock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of BlackRock shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
BlackRock beats Ameriprise Financial on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AMP) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
