Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Competitors

Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, APAM or REG?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APAM or REG?

Artisan Partners Asset Management received 291 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.66% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote while only 47.42% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 337 52.66%	Underperform Votes 303 47.34%
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 46 47.42%	Underperform Votes 51 52.58%

Is APAM or REG a better dividend stock?

Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artisan Partners Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in APAM or REG?

86.4% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is APAM or REG more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.54% compared to Artisan Partners Asset Management's net margin of 23.36%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 74.02% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.36%	74.02%	18.39%
Regency Centers	27.54%	5.91%	3.21%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, APAM or REG?

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, 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	2.94	$259.70M	$3.64	11.19
Regency Centers	$1.45B	9.06	$400.39M	$2.12	34.27

Do analysts rate APAM or REG?

Artisan Partners Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of $44.38, suggesting a potential upside of 8.92%. Regency Centers has a consensus target price of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.37%. Given Artisan Partners Asset Management's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Artisan Partners Asset Management is more favorable than Regency Centers.

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
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media prefer APAM or REG?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 17 more articles in the media than Artisan Partners Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Regency Centers and 5 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Regency Centers' score of 1.23 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Regency Centers	12 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Regency Centers on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.