Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Competitors

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

Is APO or BAM a better dividend stock?

Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Apollo Global Management pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 115.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APO or BAM?

Apollo Global Management received 166 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.49% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apollo Global Management	Outperform Votes 722 64.75%	Underperform Votes 393 35.25%
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 556 65.49%	Underperform Votes 293 34.51%

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

77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate APO or BAM?

Apollo Global Management presently has a consensus target price of $165.74, suggesting a potential upside of 10.16%. Brookfield Asset Management has a consensus target price of $56.71, suggesting a potential downside of 2.97%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apollo Global Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has higher valuation and earnings, APO or BAM?

Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Asset Management. Apollo Global Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset 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
Apollo Global Management	$26.11B	3.26	$5.05B	$7.31	20.58
Brookfield Asset Management	$3.98B	6.51	$2.17B	$1.32	44.28

Which has more risk and volatility, APO or BAM?

Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is APO or BAM more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 54.47% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of 17.53%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 81.16% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apollo Global Management	17.53%	13.97%	1.10%
Brookfield Asset Management	54.47%	81.16%	60.52%

Does the media refer more to APO or BAM?

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 29 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 14 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 1.11 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apollo Global Management	32 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Asset Management	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Apollo Global Management beats Brookfield Asset Management on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.