Financial Contrast: Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) vs. MAN GRP PLC/ADR (OTCMKTS:MNGPY)

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and MAN GRP PLC/ADR (OTCMKTS:MNGPY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Brookfield Asset Management and MAN GRP PLC/ADR, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	1	3	5	1	2.60
MAN GRP PLC/ADR	0	0	0	0	N/A

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of $42.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Brookfield Asset Management’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than MAN GRP PLC/ADR.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Brookfield Asset Management and MAN GRP PLC/ADR’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Asset Management	$4.06 billion	3.91	$451.00 million	$1.13	34.00
MAN GRP PLC/ADR	$1.07 billion	2.71	$255.00 million	N/A	N/A

Brookfield Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than MAN GRP PLC/ADR.

Profitability

This table compares Brookfield Asset Management and MAN GRP PLC/ADR’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	50.23%	96.43%	66.17%
MAN GRP PLC/ADR	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. MAN GRP PLC/ADR pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 134.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Asset Management has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Volatility and Risk

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MAN GRP PLC/ADR has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats MAN GRP PLC/ADR on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brookfield Asset Management

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a real estate investment firm specializing in alternative asset management services. Its renewable power and transition business includes the operates in the hydroelectric, wind, solar, distributed generation, and sustainable solution sector. The company's infrastructure business engages in the utilities, transport, midstream, and data infrastructure sectors. In addition, its private equity business offers industrial, infrastructure, and business services sectors; and real estate business, which includes housing, logistics, hospitality, science and innovation, office, and retail sectors. Further, it provides credit business; and insurance solution in the reinsurance, annuities, operating platform, and investment solutions sectors. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About MAN GRP PLC/ADR

Man Group plc provides alternative investment management services worldwide. The company offers a range of liquid investment products and solutions, which include quantitative and discretionary, long only and long short, and single and multi-manager. It distributes its products and solutions directly to institutions; and to private investors through a network of intermediaries. Man Group plc was founded in 1783 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.