Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Competitors

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) and Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts rate CG or BAM?

Carlyle Group presently has a consensus target price of $59.93, indicating a potential downside of 4.31%. Brookfield Asset Management has a consensus target price of $63.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.74%. Given Brookfield Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than Carlyle Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlyle Group	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

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

55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CG or BAM more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 55.92% compared to Carlyle Group's net margin of 20.22%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 41.12% beat Carlyle Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlyle Group	20.22%	23.60%	6.41%
Brookfield Asset Management	55.92%	41.12%	25.47%

Which has more volatility & risk, CG or BAM?

Carlyle Group has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CG or BAM a better dividend stock?

Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 117.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Brookfield Asset Management has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CG or BAM?

Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Asset Management. Carlyle Group 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
Carlyle Group	$3.71B	6.11	$1.02B	$3.42	18.31
Brookfield Asset Management	$835M	114.22	$541M	$1.49	39.09

Does the media prefer CG or BAM?

In the previous week, Brookfield Asset Management had 13 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management and 5 mentions for Carlyle Group. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Carlyle Group's score of 1.52 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
Carlyle Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Brookfield Asset Management	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats Carlyle Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.