Apollo Globalvs.BlackRock
APO vs BLK · both in Asset & alternative managers, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The managers that invest other people’s money, from ETFs to private equity and credit.
BlackRock is about 2.3× larger than Apollo Global by market cap; BlackRock trades at the lower P/E (29.2 vs 74.1); year to date, BlackRock leads (+9.9% vs −8.0%).
Side by side
| APO | BLK | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $84.8B | $192B |
| Price | $133.67 | $1,173.21 |
| Today | +0.4% | −0.3% |
| Return YTD | −8.0% | +9.9% |
| Return 1Y | −0.5% | +3.5% |
| P/E | 74.1 | 29.2 |
| P/S | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| P/B | 4.2 | 3.3 |
Data as of 2026-08-27 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Apollo GlobalAPO
Athene's retirement liabilities give Apollo long-dated money, and Apollo lends it out. Private credit and direct lending are where most of it goes, with private equity still in the mix.
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iShares made BlackRock the largest asset manager anywhere, with trillions under management and fees charged against that balance. Its Aladdin risk-technology platform sits alongside the funds.
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