CG vs BX vs APO Stock Comparison

Carlyle, Blackstone and Apollo Global Management Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CG Carlyle Group Inc.
$38.59 -3.3% 1M -32.9% 1Y
Market cap
$13.86B
P/E
38.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.61B
Div. yield
0.04%
Alternative Asset Managers Financial Services
1 win
BX Blackstone Inc.
$117.97 -1.1% 1M -23.9% 1Y
Market cap
$95.06B
P/E
27.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.11B
Div. yield
0.07%
Alternative Asset Managers Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Apollo Global Management leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Apollo Global Management 6, Blackstone 5, Carlyle 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCGBXAPOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.86B $95.06B $67.71B BX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.1x 27.0x 38.1x BX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.3x 19.4x 12.4x CG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -41.9% +17.2% +41.2% APO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.1% 21.8% 5.0% BX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.4% 21.6% 2.8% BX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x — -3.1x APO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.07% 0.02% BX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -32.9% -23.9% -8.3% APO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.9%/yr -3.0%/yr +7.2%/yr APO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.2% 37.3% 36.1% APO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 68/100 72/100 APO

Percentile Scorecard

CGBXAPO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCGBXAPO
Valuation 32 #125 of 183 76 #44 of 183 84 #30 of 183
Growth 6 #106 of 113 83 #20 of 113 68 #37 of 113
Profitability 27 #96 of 131 82 #25 of 131 58 #56 of 131
Financial Health 49 #86 of 168 53 #79 of 168 79 #36 of 168
Shareholder Returns 43 #44 of 76 45 #42 of 76 73 #21 of 76
Overall 31 68 72
  • CG ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • BX ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • APO ranked among 212 companies in Asset and Wealth Management

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCGBXAPOSPY
1 month -3.3%-1.1%-9.3% -1.0%
3 months -15.0%-9.2%-8.1% +2.9%
6 months -20.1%-3.0%-9.2% +6.4%
Year to date -34.7%-23.5%-22.1% +11.4%
1 year -32.9%-23.9%-8.3% +13.1%
3 years +36.6%+24.0%+34.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +11.0%+7.4%+10.3% +21.5%
5 years -30.0%-14.3%+41.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year -6.9%-3.0%+7.2% +10.9%
10 years +157.3%+390.1%+535.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +9.9%+17.2%+20.3% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCGBXAPOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.2%37.3%36.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.7%37.3%37.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.471.321.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.88-0.64-0.23 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -57.7%-51.5%-43.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.6%-27.8%-26.1% -2.5%
52-week high $66.12$163.50$152.70 $779.14
52-week low $35.77$102.12$100.30 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCGBXAPO
P/E now vs peer median 37.9xmedian 33.6x 26.8xmedian 33.6x 37.5xmedian 33.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 4.6x 5.5xmedian 4.6x 1.8xmedian 4.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 12.0x —median 12.0x 12.2xmedian 12.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.3xmedian 13.4x 16.2xmedian 13.4x 6.9xmedian 13.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.9x 4.2xmedian 1.9x 1.6xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median -8.52median 0.91 0.69median 0.91 1,845median 0.91

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCGBXAPO
Revenue $3.61B $16.11B $35.90B
Gross profit – – $31.30B
Operating income – – $2.65B
Net income $540.90M $6.83B $3.80B
Free cash flow -$4.12B $5.49B $9.47B
EPS (diluted) $0.99 $4.40 $2.91
Cash & equivalents $1.26B $2.51B $26.82B
Total debt $11.98B $50.92B $13.73B
Shares (diluted) 367.30M 799.90M 610.22M
Enterprise value $6.74B $85.04B -$15.08B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCGBXAPO
P/E 37.9x 26.8x 37.5x
P/FCF -3.3x 16.2x 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow -3.4x 15.9x 6.9x
P/S 3.8x 5.5x 1.8x
P/B 1.9x 4.2x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 1.9x 4.2x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 15.6x – 12.2x
EV/EBIT 19.5x 11.6x 19.6x
EV/Revenue 4.3x 6.2x 1.4x
EV/FCF -3.7x 18.1x 5.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.8x 17.8x 5.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -8.52 0.69 1,845

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCGBXAPO
Revenue growth (1Y) -41.9% 17.2% 41.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 32.3% 10.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 36.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – -21.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) -59.3% 19.2% -27.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.0% 46.7% 15.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -71.1% 20.2% -47.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -4.5% 38.8% 0.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -4,787% 65.6% 129.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -81.4% 14.0% 4.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -2,448% 67.2% 129.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -78.5% 16.0% 4.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCGBXAPO
Gross margin – – 87.2%
EBITDA margin 27.3% – 11.8%
Operating margin – – 7.4%
Pretax margin 17.8% 50.1% 20.7%
Net margin 10.1% 21.8% 5.0%
FCF margin -114.2% 34.1% 26.4%
Operating cash flow margin -110.7% 34.7% 26.4%
Return on equity 7.4% 33.2% 10.6%
Return on assets 1.9% 13.9% 0.9%
Return on invested capital 6.4% 21.6% 2.8%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.3x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -7.4x 0.8x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 11.5% 9.7% 2.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCGBXAPO
Debt / assets 10.6% 26.4% 2.8%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.6x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x – -3.1x
Debt / FCF -0.7x 2.4x 1.4x
Liabilities / assets 74.4% 57.8% 91.6%
Equity / assets 25.6% 42.2% 8.4%
Interest coverage 5.4x 16.0x 8.8x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCGBXAPO
Dividend yield 3.6% 4.4% 1.9%
Net buyback yield 6.7% 0.3% 2.0%
Shareholder yield 10.3% 4.8% 3.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 93.3% 93.6% 33.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) -12.2% 116.4% 13.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.2% 22.0% 11.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.6% 7.9% 8.3%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCGBXAPO
Forward P/E 10.3xFY2026 19.4xFY2026 12.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.76FY2026 $6.07FY2026 $9.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -6.5%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026 +8.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +26.1% +26.0% +23.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.90BFY2026 $14.70BFY2026 $24.45BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.0%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026 -23.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +28.9% +27.1% +4.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCGBXAPO
Held by institutions 61.2% 67.3% 64.5%
Institutions holding 579 2,129 1,166
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.4% +2.8% -1.0%
Institutions buying 292 1,132 642
Institutions selling 196 716 371
Buyers to sellers 1.49 1.58 1.73

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CGBXAPO
CG 1.00 0.75 0.69
BX 0.75 1.00 0.73
APO 0.69 0.73 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CG, BX and APO?

Blackstone (BX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Carlyle (CG) $13.86B, Blackstone (BX) $95.06B, Apollo Global Management (APO) $67.71B.

Which stock is cheaper, CG, BX and APO?

Blackstone (BX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Carlyle (CG) 38.1x, Blackstone (BX) 27.0x, Apollo Global Management (APO) 38.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Carlyle (CG) is cheapest (Carlyle (CG) 10.3x, Blackstone (BX) 19.4x, Apollo Global Management (APO) 12.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Apollo Global Management (APO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Carlyle (CG) -41.9%, Blackstone (BX) +17.2%, Apollo Global Management (APO) +41.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Blackstone (BX) has the highest net margin (Carlyle (CG) 10.1%, Blackstone (BX) 21.8%, Apollo Global Management (APO) 5.0%). On return on invested capital, Blackstone (BX) leads (Carlyle (CG) 6.4%, Blackstone (BX) 21.6%, Apollo Global Management (APO) 2.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Apollo Global Management (APO) returned the most: Carlyle (CG) -32.9%, Blackstone (BX) -23.9%, Apollo Global Management (APO) -8.3%. Over five years, Apollo Global Management (APO) compounded fastest (Carlyle (CG) -6.9%/yr, Blackstone (BX) -3.0%/yr, Apollo Global Management (APO) +7.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Blackstone (BX) has the highest dividend yield: Carlyle (CG) 0.04%, Blackstone (BX) 0.07%, Apollo Global Management (APO) 0.02%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Apollo Global Management (APO) has been the steadiest (Carlyle (CG) 37.2%, Blackstone (BX) 37.3%, Apollo Global Management (APO) 36.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CG, BX and APO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Apollo Global Management (APO) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.