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.
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, BlackRock had 95 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 126 mentions for BlackRock and 31 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat BlackRock's score of 0.88 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.9% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of BlackRock shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of BlackRock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock pays out 49.6% 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. Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and BlackRock has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
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.
Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock received 530 more outperform votes than Ameriprise Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.98% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave Ameriprise Financial an outperform vote.
Ameriprise Financial currently has a consensus target price of $514.89, suggesting a potential upside of 3.14%. BlackRock has a consensus target price of $1,120.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.72%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
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.
Summary
BlackRock beats Ameriprise Financial on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AMP) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
