Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT) Competitors

Ares Acquisition Co. II (NYSE:AACT) and Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is AACT or APAM more profitable?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a net margin of 23.36% compared to Ares Acquisition Co. II's net margin of 0.00%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 74.02% beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	-128.65%	5.02%
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.36%	74.02%	18.39%

Does the media refer more to AACT or APAM?

In the previous week, Artisan Partners Asset Management had 15 more articles in the media than Ares Acquisition Co. II. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management and 7 mentions for Ares Acquisition Co. II. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's score of 0.39 indicating that Artisan Partners Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ares Acquisition Co. II	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Artisan Partners Asset Management	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer AACT or APAM?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a consensus price target of $39.63, indicating a potential upside of 11.48%. Given Artisan Partners Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Artisan Partners Asset Management is more favorable than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ares Acquisition Co. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AACT or APAM?

Artisan Partners Asset Management received 337 more outperform votes than Ares Acquisition Co. II when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 337 52.41%	Underperform Votes 306 47.59%

Which has more volatility & risk, AACT or APAM?

Ares Acquisition Co. II has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AACT or APAM?

72.9% of Ares Acquisition Co. II shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AACT or APAM?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A	$16.92M	N/A	N/A
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.11B	2.57	$259.70M	$3.64	9.76

Summary

Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Ares Acquisition Co. II on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.