Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Competitors

Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) and Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

Does the media prefer APAM or MORN?

In the previous week, Artisan Partners Asset Management had 11 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management and 8 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Artisan Partners Asset Management's score of 0.64 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Artisan Partners Asset Management	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Morningstar	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in APAM or MORN?

86.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Morningstar shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Morningstar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is APAM or MORN a better dividend stock?

Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays out 74.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morningstar pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, APAM or MORN?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Morningstar. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morningstar, 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
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$975.10M	3.60	$222.29M	$3.28	13.33
Morningstar	$2.17B	6.43	$141.10M	$4.95	65.92

Which has more risk and volatility, APAM or MORN?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APAM or MORN?

Artisan Partners Asset Management received 48 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.52% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote while only 52.62% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 331 52.62%	Underperform Votes 298 47.38%
Morningstar	Outperform Votes 283 57.52%	Underperform Votes 209 42.48%

Do analysts prefer APAM or MORN?

Artisan Partners Asset Management currently has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.91%. Morningstar has a consensus target price of $320.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.93%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Morningstar is more favorable than Artisan Partners Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Artisan Partners Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is APAM or MORN more profitable?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a net margin of 22.75% compared to Morningstar's net margin of 11.34%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 71.76% beat Morningstar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artisan Partners Asset Management	22.75%	71.76%	17.19%
Morningstar	11.34%	22.83%	8.91%

Summary

Morningstar beats Artisan Partners Asset Management on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.