Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Competitors

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

Is BAM or APO a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 132.6% 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 pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

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

Which has more volatility & risk, BAM or APO?

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BAM or APO 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
Brookfield Asset Management	54.47%	81.16%	60.52%
Apollo Global Management	17.53%	13.97%	1.10%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BAM or APO?

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
Brookfield Asset Management	$482M	47.57	$2.17B	$1.32	39.20
Apollo Global Management	$26.11B	3.23	$5.05B	$7.31	20.20

Do analysts prefer BAM or APO?

Brookfield Asset Management currently has a consensus target price of $56.38, suggesting a potential upside of 8.96%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus target price of $165.21, suggesting a potential upside of 11.88%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Apollo Global Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAM or APO?

Apollo Global Management received 167 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.33% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 64.78% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 556 65.33%	Underperform Votes 295 34.67%
Apollo Global Management	Outperform Votes 723 64.78%	Underperform Votes 393 35.22%

Does the media prefer BAM or APO?

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 34 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 21 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.91 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apollo Global Management	35 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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