Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Competitors

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Is AMH or APAM a better dividend stock?

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays out 75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Artisan Partners Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer AMH or APAM?

American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus price target of $40.90, indicating a potential upside of 14.31%. Artisan Partners Asset Management has a consensus price target of $37.90, indicating a potential downside of 16.74%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Artisan Partners Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is AMH or APAM more profitable?

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.41% compared to Artisan Partners Asset Management's net margin of 23.24%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 73.48% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent	23.41%	5.45%	3.21%
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.24%	73.48%	19.18%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AMH or APAM?

American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.73B	7.66	$412.43M	$1.08	33.13
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.11B	3.30	$259.75M	$3.62	12.57

Which has more volatility & risk, AMH or APAM?

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AMH or APAM?

In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 10 more articles in the media than Artisan Partners Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 3 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.69 indicating that Artisan Partners Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Homes 4 Rent	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AMH or APAM?

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats Artisan Partners Asset Management on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.