ARES vs. KKR, BX, APO, AMP, OWL, BAM, TPG, CG, MORN, and BEN
Should you be buying Ares Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Management include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Apollo Global Management (APO), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Morningstar (MORN), and Franklin Resources (BEN). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 19.38% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 12.86%. Ares Management's return on equity of 21.22% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.
Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Ares Management pays out 166.8% 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.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.9% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
KKR & Co. Inc. received 105 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.13% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 63.08% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 7 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 18 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 0.47 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ares Management has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ares Management presently has a consensus target price of $133.43, suggesting a potential downside of 7.56%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus target price of $94.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.39%. Given Ares Management's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Management is more favorable than KKR & Co. Inc..
Summary
KKR & Co. Inc. beats Ares Management on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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