Apollo Global Management Inc. $APO Stake Raised by Gotham Asset Management LLC

Gotham Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) by 153.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 274,303 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 166,233 shares during the quarter. Gotham Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Apollo Global Management were worth $36,556,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Apollo Global Management during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp boosted its holdings in Apollo Global Management by 99.0% during the third quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 199 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC acquired a new position in Apollo Global Management in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. grew its position in Apollo Global Management by 1,123.5% in the third quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 208 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 191 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nemes Rush Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Apollo Global Management in the second quarter valued at $30,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 77.06% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Apollo Global Management

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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on APO. BMO Capital Markets set a $136.00 price objective on Apollo Global Management and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Apollo Global Management in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Royal Bank Of Canada assumed coverage on Apollo Global Management in a report on Monday, February 23rd. They set a “sector perform” rating and a $142.00 target price for the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Apollo Global Management in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $165.00 price target on shares of Apollo Global Management in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to 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 Up 4.1%

Shares of NYSE:APO opened at $104.37 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $127.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of $131.92. Apollo Global Management Inc. has a 52 week low of $99.56 and a 52 week high of $157.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.31. The company has a market cap of $60.35 billion, a PE ratio of 18.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.61.

Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 9th. The financial services provider reported $2.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.39 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that Apollo Global Management Inc. will post 8 earnings per share for the current year.

Apollo Global Management Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 19th were issued a dividend of $0.51 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 19th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.0%. Apollo Global Management’s payout ratio is currently 36.96%.

About Apollo Global Management

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.