Ameriprise Financial (AMP) Competitors

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Does the media favor BLK or AMP?

In the previous week, BlackRock had 77 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 119 mentions for BlackRock and 42 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat BlackRock's score of 0.60 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock	51 Very Positive mention(s)	16 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	15 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameriprise Financial	29 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BLK or AMP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock	$20.96B	6.49	$6.37B	$41.16	21.28
Ameriprise Financial	$17.26B	2.59	$3.40B	$33.06	14.05

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BLK or AMP?

80.7% of BlackRock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of BlackRock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BLK or AMP?

BlackRock received 536 more outperform votes than Ameriprise Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.84% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 63.32% of users gave Ameriprise Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock	Outperform Votes 1135 71.84%	Underperform Votes 445 28.16%
Ameriprise Financial	Outperform Votes 599 63.32%	Underperform Votes 347 36.68%

Do analysts rate BLK or AMP?

BlackRock currently has a consensus price target of $1,077.08, indicating a potential upside of 22.97%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus price target of $517.44, indicating a potential upside of 11.38%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Ameriprise Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Is BLK or AMP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock	31.21%	16.32%	5.19%
Ameriprise Financial	19.70%	69.35%	1.99%

Which has more volatility and risk, BLK or AMP?

BlackRock has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BLK or AMP a better dividend stock?

BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. BlackRock pays out 50.6% 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 raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Summary

BlackRock beats Ameriprise Financial on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.