Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. APO scored 78.0, MAIN scored 72.0 — APO leads.
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APO
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Asset Management · Financial strength
44.1Fin
$118.65 · $70.1B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
41.3
MAIN leads
MAIN
Main Street Capital Corporation
Asset Management · Financial strength
85.4Fin
$53.74 · $5.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestMAIN10.9x
Fastest growthAPO+22.7%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
APO
MAIN
+22.7%A-
Rev
-1.6%D+
42.5xD
P/E
10.9xB+
11.4%B
ROE
14.3%B
3.49C
P/B
1.58B
1.9%C+
Yield
5.8%A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
APOApollo Global Management, Inc.
Asset Management · $118.65 · beta 1.58
Why now
Asset Management · market cap $70.1b. Down 23% from 52-week high of $153.29 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +23%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.43 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $151.45 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $70.1b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Beta 1.58 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 43x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
MAINMain Street Capital Corporation
Asset Management · $53.74 · beta 0.75
Why now
Asset Management · market cap $5.0b. 18% off the 52-week high of $65.23. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $59.86 (implying +11% upside).
Moat
Net margin 78% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Dividend payout 86% of earnings on a 5.8% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut. Regulatory capital risk — stricter capital requirements (CCAR, Basel) can force a dividend cut or a capital raise; the largest banks are most exposed because they're held to the tightest standards.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is APO or MAIN the better stock?
APO scores higher: APO 78.0, MAIN 72.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are APO and MAIN scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.