ARES vs. BX, KKR, BAM, APO, HOOD, VICI, TPL, OWL, CBOE, and NMR
Should you be buying Ares Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Management include Blackstone (BX), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Apollo Global Management (APO), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), VICI Properties (VICI), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and Nomura (NMR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Ares Management vs.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Blackstone has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. Blackstone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ares Management has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blackstone has a net margin of 20.99% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Blackstone's return on equity of 19.58% beat Ares Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, Blackstone had 47 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Blackstone and 16 mentions for Ares Management. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Ares Management's score of 0.77 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blackstone pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blackstone is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ares Management currently has a consensus price target of $165.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.51%. Blackstone has a consensus price target of $154.82, suggesting a potential upside of 16.95%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blackstone is more favorable than Ares Management.
Blackstone received 588 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.33% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 68.97% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Blackstone beats Ares Management on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARES) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
