BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd Sells 131,769 Shares of Apollo Global Management Inc. $APO

BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd cut its stake in shares of Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) by 92.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 11,470 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 131,769 shares during the quarter. BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd’s holdings in Apollo Global Management were worth $1,529,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. bought a new position in shares of Apollo Global Management during the second quarter worth about $7,954,000. Savant Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Apollo Global Management in the second quarter worth approximately $209,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Apollo Global Management by 24.1% in the second quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 59,217 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $8,401,000 after acquiring an additional 11,486 shares during the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. increased its position in Apollo Global Management by 7.9% during the 2nd quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 38,103 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $5,406,000 after purchasing an additional 2,774 shares during the period. Finally, ABN Amro Investment Solutions acquired a new stake in Apollo Global Management during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $918,000. Institutional investors own 77.06% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

APO has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Argus upgraded shares of Apollo Global Management to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of Apollo Global Management from $164.00 to $162.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Apollo Global Management in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Apollo Global Management in a research report on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada initiated coverage on Apollo Global Management in a report on Monday, February 23rd. They set a “sector perform” rating and a $142.00 price target for the company. Two 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $159.47.

Key Apollo Global Management News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Apollo Sports Capital completed its transaction to become majority shareholder of Atlético de Madrid — a strategic sports/brand investment that could boost fee-generating assets and long‑term returns from the sports platform. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Management signaled plans to mark private‑credit assets more frequently (eventually daily), a move intended to increase transparency and address investor outflows that have pressured the sector — this may reassure investors in Apollo’s large private‑credit platform. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Apollo‑led funds provided $500M to an Adani Energy unit via a long‑dated private bond — another illustration of ongoing deal activity and fee/interest income generation in Apollo’s credit and infrastructure businesses. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/sector coverage highlighting risks in private credit (withdrawals, opacity, AI disruption) is raising awareness of industry headwinds but is not Apollo‑specific; it frames why Apollo’s valuation/marking moves matter. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities class‑action suits and investor alerts have been filed/issued alleging disclosure failures linked to reporting about Apollo’s past business ties (the “Epstein files”). Hagens Berman and others filed/alerted this week seeking damages for purchasers during May 10, 2021–Feb 21, 2026. This creates legal, reputational and potential financial risk (discovery, fines, settlements). Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Several plaintiff firms (Rosen, Bronstein Gewirtz & Grossman, Schall, Pomerantz, Faruqi, Portnoy, others) have issued notices/reminders about lead‑plaintiff deadlines (May 1, 2026) and filed suits — the concentrated media/legal activity increases near‑term headline risk and could pressure sentiment until resolved. Read More.

Apollo Global Management Stock Up 4.1%

APO stock opened at $104.37 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $127.29 and its 200 day simple moving average is $131.95. The company has a market cap of $60.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.31. Apollo Global Management Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $99.56 and a fifty-two week high of $157.28.

Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 9th. The financial services provider reported $2.47 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.04 by $0.43. Apollo Global Management had a return on equity of 15.25% and a net margin of 10.90%.The firm’s revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.39 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Apollo Global Management Inc. will post 8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Apollo Global Management Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 19th were given a $0.51 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 19th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.0%. Apollo Global Management’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 36.96%.

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.