KKR vs. BX, APO, ARES, HOOD, VICI, OWL, TPL, BAM, CBOE, and NMR
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), VICI Properties (VICI), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and Nomura (NMR). 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 media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Blackstone had 9 more articles in the media than KKR & Co. Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Blackstone and 42 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc.. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 1.46 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Blackstone received 469 more outperform votes than KKR & Co. Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 63.38% 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.
KKR & Co. Inc. presently has a consensus target price of $160.79, suggesting a potential upside of 31.58%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $171.13, suggesting a potential upside of 13.20%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Blackstone.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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. 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 3.8%. 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.
Summary
Blackstone beats KKR & Co. Inc. on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KKR) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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