Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to BAM or BX?

In the previous week, Blackstone had 30 more articles in the media than Brookfield Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Blackstone and 33 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Blackstone's score of 0.87 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	21 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blackstone	31 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BAM or BX more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 54.47% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 20.99%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 81.16% beat Blackstone's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	54.47%	81.16%	60.52%
Blackstone	20.99%	19.58%	8.54%

Is BAM or BX a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $5.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. Blackstone pays out 158.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate BAM or BX?

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of $57.15, indicating a potential upside of 18.31%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $155.72, indicating a potential upside of 19.51%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Blackstone 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Blackstone	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

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

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BAM or BX?

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BAM or BX?

Blackstone has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Asset Management. Blackstone 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	164.11	$2.17B	$1.32	36.60
Blackstone	$10.93B	8.70	$2.78B	$3.63	35.90

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BAM or BX?

Blackstone received 636 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.36% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 558 64.96%	Underperform Votes 301 35.04%
Blackstone	Outperform Votes 1194 70.36%	Underperform Votes 503 29.64%

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats Blackstone on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.