BX vs. KKR, APO, ARES, HOOD, VICI, OWL, TPL, BAM, CBOE, and TPG
Should you be buying Blackstone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blackstone include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), VICI Properties (VICI), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and TPG (TPG). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Blackstone vs.
KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $5.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
In the previous week, Blackstone had 3 more articles in the media than KKR & Co. Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Blackstone and 47 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc.. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 1.02 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blackstone received 469 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.46% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Blackstone. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blackstone has a net margin of 20.99% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 14.31%. Blackstone's return on equity of 19.58% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
KKR & Co. Inc. currently has a consensus target price of $161.43, indicating a potential upside of 48.67%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $172.38, indicating a potential upside of 23.79%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Blackstone.
Summary
Blackstone beats KKR & Co. Inc. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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