VICI vs. BX, KKR, BAM, APO, ARES, HOOD, TPL, OWL, CBOE, and NMR
Should you be buying VICI Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VICI Properties include Blackstone (BX), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ares Management (ARES), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and Nomura (NMR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
VICI Properties vs.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Blackstone currently has a consensus target price of $154.82, suggesting a potential upside of 15.00%. VICI Properties has a consensus target price of $34.93, suggesting a potential upside of 7.59%. Given Blackstone's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Blackstone is more favorable than VICI Properties.
70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of VICI Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Blackstone pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VICI Properties pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VICI Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
VICI Properties has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 20.99%. Blackstone's return on equity of 19.58% beat VICI Properties' return on equity.
Blackstone received 893 more outperform votes than VICI Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.33% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote while only 65.94% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote.
Blackstone has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VICI Properties has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Blackstone had 19 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Blackstone and 35 mentions for VICI Properties. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Blackstone's score of 0.99 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blackstone has higher revenue and earnings than VICI Properties. VICI Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Blackstone beats VICI Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VICI) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff