How to buy Artisan Partners Asset Management stock | $52.02

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc is an asset management business based in the US. Artisan Partners Asset Management shares (APAM) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Artisan Partners Asset Management employs 440 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$846.8 million.

How to buy shares in Artisan Partners Asset Management

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3. Search for Artisan Partners Asset Management. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: APAM. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Artisan Partners Asset Management reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$52.02, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Artisan Partners Asset Management, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Artisan Partners Asset Management. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Artisan Partners Asset Management share price

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Artisan Partners Asset Management shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$52.02
52-week range	USD$16.672 - USD$50.87
50-day moving average	USD$47.1162
200-day moving average	USD$39.7523
Wall St. target price	USD$50.67
PE ratio	16.6745
Dividend yield	USD$2.79 (5.59%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.992

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Artisan Partners Asset Management price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $52.02 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-08)	0.79%
1 month (2020-12-15)	7.26%
3 months (2020-10-15)	13.56%
6 months (2020-07-15)	50.22%

1 year (2020-01-15)	50.91%
2 years (2019-01-15)	130.28%
3 years (2018-01-12)	30.70%
5 years (2016-01-15)	75.98%

Is Artisan Partners Asset Management under- or over-valued?

Valuing Artisan Partners Asset Management stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Artisan Partners Asset Management's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Artisan Partners Asset Management's P/E ratio

Artisan Partners Asset Management's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, Artisan Partners Asset Management shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Artisan Partners Asset Management's PEG ratio

Artisan Partners Asset Management's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.38. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Artisan Partners Asset Management's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Artisan Partners Asset Management's EBITDA

Artisan Partners Asset Management's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$332.9 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Artisan Partners Asset Management's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Artisan Partners Asset Management financials

Revenue TTM	USD$846.8 million
Operating margin TTM	38.53%
Gross profit TTM	USD$399 million
Return on assets TTM	19.91%
Return on equity TTM	143.5%
Profit margin	21.74%
Book value	$2.366
Market capitalisation	USD$3.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Artisan Partners Asset Management shares

There are currently 1.6 million Artisan Partners Asset Management shares held short by investors – that's known as Artisan Partners Asset Management's "short interest". This figure is 12.3% up from 1.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Artisan Partners Asset Management shares can be evaluated.

Artisan Partners Asset Management's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Artisan Partners Asset Management's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares traded daily (recently around 357627.21238938). Artisan Partners Asset Management's SIR currently stands at 4.52. In other words for every 100,000 Artisan Partners Asset Management shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4520 shares are currently held short.

However Artisan Partners Asset Management's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares, or, against the total number of tradable Artisan Partners Asset Management shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Artisan Partners Asset Management's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Artisan Partners Asset Management shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0305% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Artisan Partners Asset Management shares, roughly 31 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Artisan Partners Asset Management.

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Artisan Partners Asset Management share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 112.25% of net profits

Recently Artisan Partners Asset Management has paid out, on average, around 112.25% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 5.59% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Artisan Partners Asset Management shareholders could enjoy a 5.59% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Artisan Partners Asset Management's case, that would currently equate to about $2.79 per share.

Artisan Partners Asset Management's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Artisan Partners Asset Management's most recent dividend payout was on 30 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Artisan Partners Asset Management share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Artisan Partners Asset Management's shares have ranged in value from as little as $16.672 up to $50.87. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Artisan Partners Asset Management's is 1.9071. This would suggest that Artisan Partners Asset Management's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Artisan Partners Asset Management overview

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. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth and value stocks of companies across all market capitalization. For fixed income component of its portfolio the firm invests in non-investment grade corporate bonds and secured and unsecured loans. It employs fundamental analysis to create its portfolios. Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; New York City; San Francisco, California; Leawood, Kansas; and London, United Kingdom.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Artisan Partners Asset Management is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 4.736% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by insiders and 87.012% by institutions.

• How many people work for Artisan Partners Asset Management?

  Latest data suggests 440 work at Artisan Partners Asset Management.

• When does the fiscal year end for Artisan Partners Asset Management?

  Artisan Partners Asset Management's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Artisan Partners Asset Management based?

  Artisan Partners Asset Management's address is: 875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 53202

• What is Artisan Partners Asset Management's ISIN number?

  Artisan Partners Asset Management's international securities identification number is: US04316A1088

• What is Artisan Partners Asset Management's CUSIP number?

  Artisan Partners Asset Management's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 04316A108