BX vs. KKR, APO, ARES, AMP, OWL, AMT, IBN, SMFG, TD, and SAN
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), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), American Tower (AMT), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Blackstone pays out 117.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Blackstone has a net margin of 20.84% compared to KKR & Co. Inc.'s net margin of 19.38%. Blackstone's return on equity of 17.33% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Blackstone currently has a consensus target price of $123.65, indicating a potential upside of 2.01%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus target price of $94.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.39%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Blackstone is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
Blackstone has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blackstone received 487 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.59% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.08% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 9 more articles in the media than Blackstone. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 15 mentions for Blackstone. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.47 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Blackstone and KKR & Co. Inc. tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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