Argent Capital Management LLC Has $16.40 Million Stake in Apollo Global Management Inc. $APO

Argent Capital Management LLC cut its position in Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) by 64.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 113,289 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 201,633 shares during the quarter. Argent Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Apollo Global Management were worth $16,400,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in APO. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Apollo Global Management by 3.0% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 47,419,652 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $6,319,617,000 after acquiring an additional 1,377,545 shares in the last quarter. Amundi boosted its stake in shares of Apollo Global Management by 68.9% in the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 1,311,102 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $187,199,000 after purchasing an additional 534,904 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP grew its holdings in shares of Apollo Global Management by 5,670.1% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 395,020 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $56,041,000 after purchasing an additional 388,174 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Apollo Global Management by 31.1% during the 3rd quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,617,228 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $215,530,000 after purchasing an additional 383,198 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bahl & Gaynor Inc. increased its position in Apollo Global Management by 62.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bahl & Gaynor Inc. now owns 996,727 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $132,834,000 after purchasing an additional 381,479 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.06% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

APO has been the subject of several research analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price target on shares of Apollo Global Management in a report on Monday, February 9th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Apollo Global Management from $180.00 to $181.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. BMO Capital Markets set a $136.00 target price on Apollo Global Management and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Apollo Global Management in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Apollo Global Management from $164.00 to $162.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $159.47.

Apollo Global Management Stock Performance

Shares of APO stock opened at $111.46 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $64.45 billion, a PE ratio of 20.19, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.60. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $124.13 and its 200 day simple moving average is $131.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 1.31. Apollo Global Management Inc. has a one year low of $99.56 and a one year high of $157.28.

Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 9th. The financial services provider reported $2.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.04 by $0.43. Apollo Global Management had a net margin of 10.90% and a return on equity of 15.25%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.39 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts forecast that Apollo Global Management Inc. will post 8 earnings per share for the current year.

Apollo Global Management Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 19th were given a dividend of $0.51 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 19th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. Apollo Global Management’s dividend payout ratio is 36.96%.

More Apollo Global Management News

Here are the key news stories impacting Apollo Global Management this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Apollo-managed funds agreed to invest $1.0 billion for a 49% stake in a ~500-asset single-tenant retail portfolio with Realty Income; Realty will continue to manage the portfolio — a large, fee-generating, permanent-equity style deployment that supports recurring revenues and capital-deployment credibility. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Apollo’s Sports Capital has become the controlling shareholder of Atlético de Madrid, reflecting diversification into sports/media assets and potential long-term upside from alternative asset strategies. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Apollo private-equity exec Samir (Sambur) warned that AI-related risks in software investments create “very large unknowns,” signaling caution for valuation and underwriting in technology deals but not an immediate corporate cash-flow impact. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage and data pieces note that APO has underperformed the S&P 500 over the past year even as some analysts remain constructive — context for why some investors are more cautious on multiple fronts. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: A major near-term negative: multiple securities firms and plaintiffs’ attorneys have filed or alerted investors to a class-action lawsuit tied to alleged undisclosed ties to Jeffrey Epstein and questions around CEO accountability; numerous law firms (Hagens Berman, Rosen, Pomerantz, Faruqi, Levi & Korsinsky, etc.) are soliciting lead plaintiffs with a May 1, 2026 deadline. This litigation/reputational risk is the primary driver of elevated volatility and prior market cap loss. Read More. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Traders have purchased high volumes of put options on APO, indicating elevated bearish positioning and hedging demand ahead of legal developments. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Investigative reports and related coverage include stories about asset sales and probes that heighten reputational risk for Apollo’s senior figures, sustaining media and litigation pressure. Read More.

Apollo Global Management Company Profile

Apollo Global Management, Inc (NYSE: APO) is a global alternative investment manager that specializes in private equity, credit and real assets. The firm originates, invests in and manages a broad set of strategies across distressed and opportunistic credit, direct lending, structured credit, buyouts and real estate. Apollo provides investment management and advisory services to institutional clients and individual investors through pooled funds, separate accounts and publicly listed investment vehicles.

Its private equity business pursues control and non-control investments across industries, often focusing on complex or distressed situations where operational improvement and capital solutions can create value.