Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.

NYSE:APAM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.5b

Artisan Partners Asset Management Valuation

Is APAM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of APAM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: APAM ($43.21) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($67.13)

Significantly Below Fair Value: APAM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for APAM?

Key metric: As APAM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for APAM. This is calculated by dividing APAM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is APAM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio13x
EarningsUS$232.65m
Market CapUS$3.53b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does APAM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for APAM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25x
CNS Cohen & Steers
34.6x18.5%US$4.7b
VCTR Victory Capital Holdings
16x31.5%US$4.3b
GCMG GCM Grosvenor
39x26.9%US$2.3b
AMG Affiliated Managers Group
10.3x3.0%US$5.7b
APAM Artisan Partners Asset Management
13x6.9%US$3.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: APAM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the peer average (25x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does APAM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

20 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
3.6xn/aUS$2.29b
CET Central Securities
4.4xn/aUS$1.30b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.2xn/aUS$1.20b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
APAM 13.0xIndustry Avg. 23.4xNo. of Companies71PE020406080100+
20 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: APAM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is APAM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

APAM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio13x
Fair PE Ratio15x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: APAM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst APAM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$43.21
US$44.13
+2.1%
7.8%US$50.00US$41.50n/a4
Dec ’25US$48.79
US$44.63
-8.5%
7.2%US$50.00US$41.50n/a4
Nov ’25US$44.48
US$43.75
-1.6%
8.6%US$50.00US$40.00n/a4
Oct ’25US$42.49
US$42.13
-0.9%
10.8%US$50.00US$39.00n/a4
Sep ’25US$41.59
US$41.94
+0.8%
11.2%US$50.00US$38.75n/a4
Aug ’25US$42.36
US$41.88
-1.1%
11.3%US$50.00US$38.50n/a4
Jul ’25US$40.22
US$42.56
+5.8%
10.9%US$50.00US$37.25n/a4
Jun ’25US$44.03
US$42.19
-4.2%
11.6%US$50.00US$36.75n/a4
May ’25US$40.84
US$42.25
+3.5%
11.4%US$50.00US$37.00n/a4
Apr ’25US$45.49
US$42.00
-7.7%
6.1%US$45.00US$38.00n/a4
Mar ’25US$43.69
US$41.31
-5.4%
8.9%US$45.00US$35.25n/a4
Feb ’25US$43.98
US$41.31
-6.1%
8.9%US$45.00US$35.25n/a4
Jan ’25US$44.18
US$38.25
-13.4%
14.0%US$42.00US$29.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$38.26
US$34.38
-10.2%
13.5%US$41.00US$28.50US$48.794
Nov ’24US$33.76
US$35.00
+3.7%
13.6%US$41.00US$28.00US$44.484
Oct ’24US$37.42
US$37.63
+0.5%
14.4%US$45.00US$30.50US$42.494
Sep ’24US$38.99
US$38.06
-2.4%
12.8%US$45.00US$32.25US$41.594
Aug ’24US$41.23
US$37.63
-8.7%
14.4%US$45.00US$30.50US$42.364
Jul ’24US$39.31
US$34.60
-12.0%
10.3%US$40.00US$30.00US$40.225
Jun ’24US$32.16
US$34.45
+7.1%
10.9%US$40.00US$29.25US$44.035
May ’24US$34.56
US$33.75
-2.3%
12.2%US$40.00US$28.50US$40.846
Apr ’24US$31.98
US$32.67
+2.1%
14.1%US$40.00US$26.00US$45.496
Mar ’24US$33.22
US$33.95
+2.2%
10.4%US$40.00US$29.71US$43.696
Feb ’24US$37.14
US$32.50
-12.5%
12.4%US$39.00US$28.00US$43.986
Jan ’24US$29.70
US$30.83
+3.8%
10.7%US$35.00US$25.00US$44.186
Dec ’23US$34.97
US$29.50
-15.6%
10.7%US$35.00US$25.00US$38.266

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 01:13
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. is covered by 10 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ChiaveriniBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Michael CarrierBofA Global Research
William KatzCitigroup Inc