If you are looking for the best ideas for your portfolio you may want to consider some of Miller Value Partners top stock picks. Miller Value Partners, an investment management firm, is bullish on Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) stock. In its Income Strategy Q2 2019 investor letter – you can download a copy here – the firm discussed its investment thesis on Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) stock. Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) is an investment management company.
On July 17, 2019, Miller Value Partners had released its Income Strategy Q2 2019 investor letter. The investment firm said that Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) was one of the biggest contributors to its performance in Q2 2019. Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) stock has posted a return of 14.6% in the trailing one year period, in-line with the S&P 500 Index which returned 15.1% in the same period. On a year-to-date basis, Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) stock has fallen by 2.3%.
Let’s take a look at comments made by Miller Value Partners about Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) stock in the Q2 2019 investor letter.
“Alternative Asset Managers Carlyle Group (CG) and Apollo Global Management (APO) were both top contributors, rising 24.83% and 23.15%, respectively, over the quarter and in conjunction with the broad equity market.
Apollo Global reported distributable earnings of $0.50, missing consensus estimates of $0.55 due to lower-than-expected advisory and transaction fees. Fee-related earnings and gross realized performance fees were strong at $210M and $64M, respectively. Fee-earning AUM of $228.3B was +6% sequentially and capital raising remained robust with $17B of gross AUM inflows. Permanent capital reached $148B, or 49% of total AUM. Management announced their plans to convert to a C-corp effective 3Q19 and expects no change to the dividend policy.”
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Last month, we published an article revealing Miller Value Partners bullish investment thesis on Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) stock in its Q2 2020 investor letter. This suggests that the investment firm has been bullish for a long time on Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO).
In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) stock increased by about 17% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers seem to agree with Apollo Global Management’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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