Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) vs Apollo Global Management Inc. (APO)

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and Apollo Global Management Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Apollo Global Management Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $69.3B against $44.2B — 1.6× the size. Apollo Global Management Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ameriprise Financial, Inc. trades at 11.3×. Apollo Global Management Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.2% against 10.0%. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.0% vs −3.22%) and the higher return on invested capital (239.2% vs 6.57%). Both pay a dividend; Apollo Global Management Inc. yields more (1.82% vs 1.30%). Across the 19 metrics below, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. leads on 10 and Apollo Global Management Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric AMP APO Asset Management median
P/E 11.32 n/m 13.38
P/S 2.32 2.30 2.99
P/B 9.01 1.96 0.91
Price to free cash flow 6.28 7.54 7.79
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.84% (1.60%) 4.67%
Free cash flow yield 15.93% 13.26% 4.85%

Profitability

Metric AMP APO Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 33.90% 10.86% 27.27%
Net margin 20.99% (3.22%) 11.89%
Free cash flow margin 36.98% 0.00% 5.96%
Return on equity 71.98% (2.66%) 4.57%
Return on assets 2.18% (0.21%) 1.40%
Return on invested capital 239.21% 6.57% 2.12%

Growth

Metric AMP APO Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.03% 12.19% 7.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.77% (24.42%) (5.64%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.20% 68.58% 11.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 18.36% 95.13% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMP APO Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.13 0.42 0.40
Current ratio 0.68 1.41 1.23
Net debt to EBITDA (0.71) (0.84) 1.06

Dividend

Metric AMP APO Asset Management median
Dividend yield 1.30% 1.82% 6.43%
Payout ratio 0.15 0.79 0.91

Size

Metric AMP APO Asset Management median
Market cap 44.22b 69.25b 692.54m

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