Associated Capital Group (AC) Competitors

Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) and Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in APAM or AC?

86.4% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 87.6% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, APAM or AC?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Associated Capital Group. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.11B	2.58	$259.70M	$3.64	9.83
Associated Capital Group	$13.18M	55.08	$44.33M	$2.07	16.57

Is APAM or AC more profitable?

Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 336.45% compared to Artisan Partners Asset Management's net margin of 23.36%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 74.02% beat Associated Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.36%	74.02%	18.39%
Associated Capital Group	336.45%	4.88%	4.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, APAM or AC?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is APAM or AC a better dividend stock?

Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Associated Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays out 92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated Capital Group pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APAM or AC?

Artisan Partners Asset Management received 209 more outperform votes than Associated Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.41% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Associated Capital Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 337 52.41%	Underperform Votes 306 47.59%
Associated Capital Group	Outperform Votes 128 52.24%	Underperform Votes 117 47.76%

Does the media favor APAM or AC?

In the previous week, Artisan Partners Asset Management had 19 more articles in the media than Associated Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management and 1 mentions for Associated Capital Group. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Associated Capital Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Artisan Partners Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Artisan Partners Asset Management	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Associated Capital Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer APAM or AC?

Artisan Partners Asset Management currently has a consensus target price of $39.63, indicating a potential upside of 10.75%. Given Artisan Partners Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Artisan Partners Asset Management is more favorable than Associated Capital Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Associated Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Associated Capital Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.