APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC. vs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., two Financial Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where APO and GS diverge most: on net margin, APO reads 5.2% and GS reads 31.7%; on return on equity, APO reads 4.5% and GS reads 17.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | APO | GS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $118.62 | $895.32 |
| Market cap | $72.4B | $260.7B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 43.1 | 13.8 |
| P/B | 1.74 | 2.12 |
| P/S | 2.02 | 3.94 |
| EV/EBITDA | 36.0 | 41.2 |
| Revenue growth | +42.0% | +17.6% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 31.7% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 17.1% |
| Return on assets | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.33 | 0.09 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.19 | 0.22 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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