AMP vs. BEN, ARES, OWL, APO, BAM, TPG, CG, BX, KKR, and LYG
Should you be buying Ameriprise Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameriprise Financial include Franklin Resources (BEN), Ares Management (ARES), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Apollo Global Management (APO), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Blackstone (BX), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), and Lloyds Banking Group (LYG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Resources pays out 70.9% 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.
Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Resources. Franklin Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameriprise Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Franklin Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 19.42% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 11.09%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 75.97% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.
Ameriprise Financial presently has a consensus price target of $450.88, suggesting a potential upside of 3.86%. Franklin Resources has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.08%. Given Franklin Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Resources is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.
Ameriprise Financial received 142 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.88% of users gave Ameriprise Financial an outperform vote while only 40.78% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.
Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 10 mentions for Franklin Resources. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Franklin Resources' score of 0.34 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ameriprise Financial beats Franklin Resources on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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