APAM vs. CNS, VCTR, MC, STEP, FHI, DBRG, AMK, LAZ, PJT, and HPH
Should you be buying Artisan Partners Asset Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artisan Partners Asset Management include Cohen & Steers (CNS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Moelis & Company (MC), StepStone Group (STEP), Federated Hermes (FHI), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Lazard (LAZ), PJT Partners (PJT), and Highest Performances (HPH). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) and Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Artisan Partners Asset Management's net margin of 22.99%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 72.77% beat Cohen & Steers' return on equity.
86.4% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays out 74.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohen & Steers pays out 91.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Artisan Partners Asset Management received 96 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote while only 52.88% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Artisan Partners Asset Management had 14 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management and 5 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Cohen & Steers' score of -0.35 indicating that Artisan Partners Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Artisan Partners Asset Management currently has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.48%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.79%. Given Artisan Partners Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Artisan Partners Asset Management is more favorable than Cohen & Steers.
Summary
Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Cohen & Steers on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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