WPC vs. ARES, HOOD, VICI, TPL, OWL, CBOE, BAM, NMR, TPG, and FUTU
Should you be buying W. P. Carey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W. P. Carey include Ares Management (ARES), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), VICI Properties (VICI), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Nomura (NMR), TPG (TPG), and Futu (FUTU). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
W. P. Carey vs.
W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
W. P. Carey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ares Management. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. W. P. Carey pays out 170.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Ares Management had 13 more articles in the media than W. P. Carey. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ares Management and 11 mentions for W. P. Carey. W. P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Ares Management's score of 0.88 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 29.11% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat W. P. Carey's return on equity.
Ares Management received 260 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 56.55% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
W. P. Carey currently has a consensus target price of $63.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.91%. Ares Management has a consensus target price of $173.83, suggesting a potential upside of 13.02%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ares Management is more favorable than W. P. Carey.
73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ares Management beats W. P. Carey on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WPC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
