Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOC or APAM?

Healthpeak Properties received 173 more outperform votes than Artisan Partners Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.21% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote while only 52.60% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Healthpeak Properties	Outperform Votes 507 62.21%	Underperform Votes 308 37.79%
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 334 52.60%	Underperform Votes 301 47.40%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DOC or APAM?

Healthpeak Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, 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
Healthpeak Properties	$543.46M	26.85	$306.01M	$0.47	44.39
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.06B	3.46	$222.29M	$3.59	12.75

Which has more risk & volatility, DOC or APAM?

Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer DOC or APAM?

Healthpeak Properties presently has a consensus price target of $22.93, suggesting a potential upside of 9.89%. Artisan Partners Asset Management has a consensus price target of $44.13, suggesting a potential downside of 3.64%. Given Healthpeak Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than Artisan Partners Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthpeak Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DOC or APAM more profitable?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a net margin of 23.95% compared to Healthpeak Properties' net margin of 12.10%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 71.50% beat Healthpeak Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthpeak Properties	12.10%	3.53%	1.62%
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.95%	71.50%	17.55%

Is DOC or APAM a better dividend stock?

Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Healthpeak Properties pays out 255.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays out 91.4% 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.

Does the media refer more to DOC or APAM?

In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 15 more articles in the media than Artisan Partners Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 4 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management. Healthpeak Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Artisan Partners Asset Management's score of 0.84 indicating that Healthpeak Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Healthpeak Properties	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Artisan Partners Asset Management	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DOC or APAM?

93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Healthpeak Properties beats Artisan Partners Asset Management on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.