APO vs. ARES, AMP, BX, KKR, OWL, BAM, AON, PNC, BBVA, and ING
Should you be buying Apollo Global Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apollo Global Management include Ares Management (ARES), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blackstone (BX), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), AON (AON), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), and ING Groep (ING). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. Apollo Global Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Apollo Global Management has a net margin of 16.27% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 12.86%. Ares Management's return on equity of 21.22% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 4 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 11 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.62 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apollo Global Management received 106 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.02% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 64.43% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote.
Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Apollo Global Management pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management pays out 166.8% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $115.62, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Ares Management has a consensus target price of $128.46, suggesting a potential downside of 11.77%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than Ares Management.
77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Apollo Global Management beats Ares Management on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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