APAM
BuyUnloved QualityAI neutralArtisan Partners Asset Management Inc. · Financial Services · United States · $2.4B cap · $39.9M/day traded
$33.20 -0.4% · close 27 Oct · scored 28 Oct
Unloved Quality: Strong and cheap; the market has not turned yet.
As of 28 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (APAM) is 73/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 81, Value 63, Momentum 24, each scored against its sector).
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Artisan Partners is a capital-light active asset manager with high margins and a policy of paying out most of its earnings as dividends, and it reports assets under management monthly (July and August 2026 were both published). The business needs little capital, but its revenue moves with market levels and client flows, and active equity managers have faced persistent outflows to passive funds. Forward earnings estimates were trimmed 1.3% over the past month and the buyback is token-sized (0.01% of shares in 90 days), so there is no clear catalyst beyond market direction.
ABOUT ARTISAN PARTNERS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
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Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. is an independent investment management firm providing actively managed equity and fixed-income strategies to institutional and retail clients worldwide. The company maintains a competitive moat through its distinctive multi-boutique structure, which empowers independent investment teams and fosters a culture of high-conviction active management. Its consistent long-term investment performance attracts and retains a diversified global client base.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 993.3M | 975.1M | 1.1B | 1.2B | 6.4% | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.6% |
| EPS | 2.94 | 3.19 | 3.66 | 4.05 | 11.3% | 4.15 | 3.86 | 3.76 | -3.7% |
| Shares | 68.0M | 68.6M | 70.1M | 70.5M | +3.7% | 71.0M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 319.9M | 312.7M | 300.7M | 310.0M | -1.0% | 314.9M | — | — | — |
| Equity | 262.2M | 324.2M | 388.9M | 438.8M | 18.7% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 312.6M | 253.0M | 372.8M | 172.0M | -18.1% | 260.7M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -63.7M | -38.2M | -24.9M | 35.2M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -306.4M | -175.0M | -254.2M | -183.0M | — | — | — | — | — |
Made a new 52-week low 10 trading days ago, 25% below its 52-week high. The fall has not stopped yet.
Calmer than 77% of stocks we rank over the past year (28% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Financial Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of APAM are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APAM | Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.(you) | $2.4B | 73 | Buy |
| GQG.AX | GQG Partners Inc. | $2.1B | 78 | Buy |
| WT | WisdomTree, Inc. | $3.2B | 67 | Buy |
| FHI | Federated Hermes, Inc. | $4.2B | 76 | Buy |
| AAMI | Acadian Asset Management Inc. | $3.3B | 62 | Hold |
| JFR | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund | $1.2B | 68 | Buy |
| GSBD | Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. | $970M | 68 | Buy |
| GAM | General American Investors Company, Inc. | $1.5B | 56 | Hold |
| PTY | PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund | $2.4B | 46 | Hold |
| GCMG | GCM Grosvenor Inc. | $756M | 81 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 9.6% · P/E 13.0x · Gross margin 75.7%
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