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$132.02 -2.53 (-1.88%)
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KKR vs. BX, APO, ARES, HOOD, OWL, VICI, TPL, BAM, TPG, and CBOE

Should you be buying KKR & Co. Inc. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR & Co. Inc. include Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), VICI Properties (VICI), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), and Cboe Global Markets (CBOE). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

KKR & Co. Inc. vs.

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

KKR & Co. Inc. presently has a consensus price target of $161.43, suggesting a potential upside of 22.28%. Blackstone has a consensus price target of $172.38, suggesting a potential upside of 7.40%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Blackstone.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KKR & Co. Inc.
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Blackstone
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KKR & Co. Inc.$21.88B5.36$3.08B$3.3339.64
Blackstone$13.23B8.76$2.78B$3.6344.21

Blackstone received 469 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KKR & Co. Inc.Outperform Votes
719
63.35%
Underperform Votes
416
36.65%
BlackstoneOutperform Votes
1188
70.59%
Underperform Votes
495
29.41%

76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $5.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KKR & Co. Inc.14.31% 6.20% 1.03%
Blackstone 20.99%19.58%8.54%

KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Blackstone had 7 more articles in the media than KKR & Co. Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Blackstone and 49 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc.. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.72 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KKR & Co. Inc.
25 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Blackstone
51 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Blackstone beats KKR & Co. Inc. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KKR vs. The Competition

MetricKKR & Co. Inc.Investment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$117.52B$10.99B$11.66B$20.14B
Dividend Yield0.51%23.95%5.57%3.65%
P/E Ratio39.7334.2724.2235.11
Price / Sales5.364.5126.3115.89
Price / Cash33.8818.1618.1320.85
Price / Book2.023.902.624.95
Net Income$3.08B$412.04M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.19%-2.52%-0.98%-0.48%
1 Month Performance-17.88%-4.54%0.63%-0.82%
1 Year Performance40.95%14.46%15.73%14.68%

KKR & Co. Inc. Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9646 of 5 stars
$132.02
-1.9%
$161.43
+22.3%
+44.5%$117.52B$21.88B39.734,490
BX
Blackstone
4.6605 of 5 stars
$165.09
+2.9%
$172.38
+4.4%
+29.7%$119.19B$13.23B45.484,735Positive News
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.4967 of 5 stars
$162.95
+3.2%
$165.74
+1.7%
+43.1%$92.20B$26.11B22.294,879Ex-Dividend
Positive News
ARES
Ares Management
3.98 of 5 stars
$186.11
+0.9%
$176.17
-5.3%
+35.7%$58.26B$3.88B91.682,850
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.6837 of 5 stars
$65.28
+2.3%
$58.07
-11.0%
+297.9%$57.71B$2.95B110.652,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
4.1223 of 5 stars
$23.99
+2.0%
$26.27
+9.5%
+30.0%$35.82B$2.30B141.10540Positive News
VICI
VICI Properties
4.3073 of 5 stars
$30.39
-0.1%
$34.22
+12.6%
+4.0%$32.04B$3.61B11.2620Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
1.2495 of 5 stars
$1,372.41
+1.4%
$917.00
-33.2%
+191.2%$31.54B$631.59M70.42100Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
4.0012 of 5 stars
$59.86
+4.0%
$56.71
-5.3%
+47.7%$26.53B$4.06B52.982,400Positive News
TPG
TPG
4.6282 of 5 stars
$59.38
+1.5%
$64.27
+8.2%
+35.5%$21.67B$2.39B-174.641,850
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
3.1073 of 5 stars
$202.33
-2.8%
$206.86
+2.2%
N/A$21.18B$3.77B27.571,107Analyst Upgrade
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KKR) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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