Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Competitors

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, SEIC or APAM?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SEIC or APAM?

SEI Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, 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
SEI Investments	$2.21B	4.85	$581.19M	$5.33	16.23
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.14B	3.29	$259.75M	$3.76	12.32

Is SEIC or APAM a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. SEI Investments pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Does the media favor SEIC or APAM?

In the previous week, SEI Investments and SEI Investments both had 14 articles in the media. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Artisan Partners Asset Management's score of 1.21 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Artisan Partners Asset Management	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SEIC or APAM more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 31.25% compared to Artisan Partners Asset Management's net margin of 23.87%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 71.72% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	31.25%	29.96%	26.10%
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.87%	71.72%	19.47%

Do analysts recommend SEIC or APAM?

SEI Investments presently has a consensus price target of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.92%. Artisan Partners Asset Management has a consensus price target of $41.90, suggesting a potential downside of 9.56%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Artisan Partners Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

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

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SEI Investments beats Artisan Partners Asset Management on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.