Apollo Global Management vs Blackstone
APO and BX side by side, both in services allied with the exchange of securities. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How APO and BX compare
Blackstone is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Apollo Global Management ($89.0B against $68.4B).
On earnings, Blackstone is cheaper: it trades at 26.5× trailing earnings, against 42.0× for Apollo Global Management.
Apollo Global Management grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (41.2% versus 17.2% for Blackstone).
Blackstone keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 21.8% compared with 5.2% at Apollo Global Management.
Both pay dividends: Apollo Global Management yields 1.9% and Blackstone 4.4%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | APO | BX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $68.4B | $89.0B |
| Share price | $115.84 | $118.51 |
| Change, 1 year | −7.2% | −20.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 50.6% | −16.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.48 | 1.58 |
| Employees | 4,130 | 5,285 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 11 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 42.0× | 26.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.9× (better) | 5.5× |
| P/B | 3.3× (better) | 9.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.2× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 16.2× |
| PEG | – | 1.48 |
| FCF yield | – | 6.2% |
| Fair value | $121.32 | $109.83 |
| Margin of safety | 4.5% (better) | −7.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 41.2% (better) | 17.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 68.6% (better) | 18.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −44.3% | 22.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −47.1% | 20.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 66.0% (better) | 20.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 5.2% | 21.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 34.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 40.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.18 | 2.27 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 4.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 67.8% | 181% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −2.9% | 19.7% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 1.9% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.8% | 4.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.6% | 71.9% |
| Held by insiders | 23.9% | 0.99% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$9.8M (better) | −$26.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 3.0% |
Go deeper
- APO stock overview
- APO income statement
- APO valuation and score
- BX stock overview
- BX income statement
- BX valuation and score
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