Apollo Global Management Inc [APO] is 7.29% higher this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Apollo Global Management Inc [NYSE: APO] gained 1.94% on the last trading session, reaching $99.98 price per share at the time. The company report on January 11, 2024 at 8:00 AM that Apollo and Athene Announce Partnership with Top-Ranked PGA TOUR Golfer Patrick Cantlay.

Apollo and Athene Partner with Patrick Cantlay.

If compared to the average trading volume of 2.44M shares, APO reached a trading volume of 2958812 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Apollo Global Management Inc [APO]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for APO shares is $106.86 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on APO stock is a recommendation set at 1.78. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

TD Cowen have made an estimate for Apollo Global Management Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on January 04, 2024.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Apollo Global Management Inc is set at 2.16, with the Price to Sales ratio for APO stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.94. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 8.05, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 19.39.

Trading performance analysis for APO stock

Apollo Global Management Inc [APO] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 3.52. With this latest performance, APO shares gained by 9.17% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 22.77% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 47.68% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for APO stock in for the last two-week period is set at 64.81, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 66.84, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 63.21 for Apollo Global Management Inc [APO]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 92.72, while it was recorded at 97.95 for the last single week of trading, and 81.63 for the last 200 days.

Apollo Global Management Inc [APO]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Apollo Global Management Inc posted 1.42/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 1.5/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -5.30%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for APO. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Apollo Global Management Inc go to 19.02%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Apollo Global Management Inc [APO]

The top three institutional holders of APO stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in APO stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in APO stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.