Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BAM or ARES?

Ares Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Asset Management	$4.06B	6.00	$451M	$1.13	48.67
Ares Management	$3.63B	14.82	$474.33M	$2.17	79.21

Is BAM or ARES a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 134.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Management pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate BAM or ARES?

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of $53.46, indicating a potential downside of 2.80%. Ares Management has a consensus target price of $166.36, indicating a potential downside of 3.22%. Given Brookfield Asset Management's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, BAM or ARES?

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BAM or ARES more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 49.69% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 12.51%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 85.03% beat Ares Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	49.69%	85.03%	61.67%
Ares Management	12.51%	19.89%	3.95%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BAM or ARES?

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. 41.9% of Ares Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor BAM or ARES?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ares Management and 15 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Ares Management's score of 0.03 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Management	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAM or ARES?

Ares Management received 45 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.91% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 549 65.83%	Underperform Votes 285 34.17%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 594 68.91%	Underperform Votes 268 31.09%

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management and Ares Management tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.