Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE: APAM) in the last few weeks:

• 5/14/2025 – Artisan Partners Asset Management had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cowen Inc.
• 5/6/2025 – Artisan Partners Asset Management had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $43.00 to $44.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2025 – Artisan Partners Asset Management had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore ISI from $33.00 to $32.00. They now have an “in-line” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2025 – Artisan Partners Asset Management had its price target raised by analysts at TD Securities from $35.00 to $39.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 4/11/2025 – Artisan Partners Asset Management had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore ISI from $40.00 to $33.00. They now have an “in-line” rating on the stock.
• 4/9/2025 – Artisan Partners Asset Management had its price target lowered by analysts at TD Cowen from $46.00 to $35.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 4/8/2025 – Artisan Partners Asset Management was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.

Artisan Partners Asset Management Price Performance

Shares of NYSE APAM traded down $0.57 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $42.41. 529,477 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 483,615. The company has a market cap of $3.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.65 and a beta of 1.68. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $38.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $42.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.56. Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. has a twelve month low of $32.75 and a twelve month high of $49.54.

Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The asset manager reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.07. Artisan Partners Asset Management had a net margin of 23.36% and a return on equity of 74.02%. The company had revenue of $277.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $281.15 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. will post 3.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Artisan Partners Asset Management Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 16th will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 16th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.41%. Artisan Partners Asset Management’s payout ratio is presently 75.14%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Samuel Bentson Sellers sold 6,801 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.24, for a total transaction of $300,876.24. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 40,529 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,793,002.96. This represents a 14.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Company insiders own 12.98% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Artisan Partners Asset Management

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Artisan Partners Asset Management by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,097,132 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $348,582,000 after buying an additional 78,979 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Artisan Partners Asset Management by 6.1% in the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,940,562 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $114,976,000 after buying an additional 167,930 shares during the last quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Artisan Partners Asset Management by 24.0% in the first quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 1,970,796 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $77,057,000 after buying an additional 381,210 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Artisan Partners Asset Management by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,813,598 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $78,092,000 after purchasing an additional 38,284 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Channing Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Artisan Partners Asset Management by 14.5% in the fourth quarter. Channing Capital Management LLC now owns 1,770,526 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $76,221,000 after buying an additional 224,455 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.45% of the company’s stock.

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc is publicly owned investment manager. It provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, government entities, private funds and non-U.S. funds, as well as mutual funds, non-U.S. funds and collective trusts.