Apollo Global Management (APO) Competitors

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BX or APO?

70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer BX or APO?

Blackstone currently has a consensus target price of $171.13, indicating a potential upside of 13.71%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus target price of $165.21, indicating a potential upside of 11.37%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Blackstone is more favorable than Apollo Global Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blackstone	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39
Apollo Global Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BX or APO?

Blackstone received 466 more outperform votes than Apollo Global Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 64.78% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blackstone	Outperform Votes 1189 70.44%	Underperform Votes 499 29.56%
Apollo Global Management	Outperform Votes 723 64.78%	Underperform Votes 393 35.22%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BX or APO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blackstone	$10.93B	10.04	$2.78B	$3.63	41.46
Apollo Global Management	$26.11B	3.24	$5.05B	$7.31	20.29

Is BX or APO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blackstone	20.99%	19.58%	8.54%
Apollo Global Management	17.53%	13.97%	1.10%

Does the media favor BX or APO?

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 3 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 49 mentions for Blackstone. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.91 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blackstone	43 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Apollo Global Management	34 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BX or APO a better dividend stock?

Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $5.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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 pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, BX or APO?

Blackstone has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blackstone and Apollo Global Management tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.