APO vs. BX, KKR, BAM, ARES, VICI, HOOD, TPL, OWL, CBOE, and NMR
Should you be buying Apollo Global Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Global Management include Blackstone (BX), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Ares Management (ARES), VICI Properties (VICI), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and Nomura (NMR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Apollo Global Management vs.
Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Blackstone received 464 more outperform votes than Apollo Global Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.36% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 64.95% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote.
Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone. Apollo Global Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Blackstone had 3 more articles in the media than Apollo Global Management. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for Blackstone and 63 mentions for Apollo Global Management. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.78 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $5.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Apollo Global Management pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blackstone pays out 158.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apollo Global Management currently has a consensus price target of $156.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.45%. Blackstone has a consensus price target of $155.72, indicating a potential upside of 15.96%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than Blackstone.
Blackstone has a net margin of 20.99% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of 17.53%. Blackstone's return on equity of 19.58% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.
Summary
Apollo Global Management beats Blackstone on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:APO) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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