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BlackRock (BLK) vs Blackstone Inc. (BX)

BlackRock and Blackstone Inc. are both Asset Management companies. BlackRock is the larger, with a market value of $182.1B against $135.6B — 1.3× the size. Blackstone Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.8× against 24.5×. BlackRock grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.7% against 17.2%. BlackRock has the higher net margin (24.2% vs 21.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 15.1%). Both pay a dividend; Blackstone Inc. yields more (4.92% vs 1.97%). Across the 20 metrics below, Blackstone Inc. leads on 14 and BlackRock on 6.

Valuation

Metric BLK BX Asset Management median
P/E 24.53 23.78 13.99
P/S 6.15 5.28 2.76
P/B 3.04 4.04 0.85
Price to free cash flow 49.96 15.50 8.32
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.08% 4.21% 4.72%
Free cash flow yield 2.00% 6.45% 4.44%

Profitability

Metric BLK BX Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 32.46% 50.49% 33.42%
Net margin 24.22% 21.84% 13.37%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 34.05% 12.36%
Return on equity 0.00% 17.31% 4.79%
Return on assets 0.00% 7.39% 1.55%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 15.08% 2.97%

Growth

Metric BLK BX Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 24.72% 17.19% 7.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (15.95%) 6.91% (6.67%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.37% 18.82% 12.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 2.40% 23.63% 0.00%

Health

Metric BLK BX Asset Management median
Debt to equity 0.33 0.63 0.44
Current ratio 3.59 0.72 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 1.13 1.32 1.02

Dividend

Metric BLK BX Asset Management median
Dividend yield 1.97% 4.92% 6.60%
Payout ratio 0.50 1.17 0.94

Size

Metric BLK BX Asset Management median
Market cap 182.10b 135.61b 694.86m

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