Reviewing Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and MoneyHero (NASDAQ:MNY)

MoneyHero (NASDAQ:MNY) and Blackstone (NYSE:BX) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares MoneyHero and Blackstone’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MoneyHero	-35.36%	-56.10%	-31.49%
Blackstone	20.56%	22.30%	9.46%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares MoneyHero and Blackstone”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MoneyHero	$69.18 million	0.76	-$37.79 million	($0.70)	-1.79
Blackstone	$11.38 billion	10.24	$2.78 billion	$3.50	45.07

Blackstone has higher revenue and earnings than MoneyHero. MoneyHero is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for MoneyHero and Blackstone, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MoneyHero	1	0	0	1	2.50
Blackstone	0	10	10	0	2.50

MoneyHero currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 220.00%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $179.89, suggesting a potential upside of 14.03%. Given MoneyHero’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe MoneyHero is more favorable than Blackstone.

Volatility & Risk

MoneyHero has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.9% of MoneyHero shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of MoneyHero shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Blackstone beats MoneyHero on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MoneyHero

MoneyHero Limited operates as a personal finance company. It engages in operation of online financial comparison platforms and related services. The company offers its products under Money Hero, SingSaver, Money101, MoneyMax, CompareHero, Seedly, and Creatory brands. MoneyHero Limited operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Singapore.

About Blackstone

Blackstone Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm's corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts,special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, infrastructure, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. The firm considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It seeks to invest between $0.25 million and $900 million per transaction. It invests in companies with enterprise value between $500 million and $5000 million. It has a three year investment period. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. Blackstone Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe, North America and Central America.