Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APAM or DOC?

Healthpeak Properties received 175 more outperform votes than Artisan Partners Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.35% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote while only 52.59% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 335 52.59%	Underperform Votes 302 47.41%
Healthpeak Properties	Outperform Votes 510 62.35%	Underperform Votes 308 37.65%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, APAM or DOC?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthpeak Properties. 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
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.11B	3.06	$259.70M	$3.64	11.63
Healthpeak Properties	$2.70B	5.12	$243.14M	$0.35	56.42

Which has more risk and volatility, APAM or DOC?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in APAM or DOC?

86.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is APAM or DOC more profitable?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a net margin of 23.36% compared to Healthpeak Properties' net margin of 9.00%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 74.02% beat Healthpeak Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.36%	74.02%	18.39%
Healthpeak Properties	9.00%	2.61%	1.21%

Do analysts rate APAM or DOC?

Artisan Partners Asset Management currently has a consensus price target of $44.38, indicating a potential upside of 4.83%. Healthpeak Properties has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.55%. Given Healthpeak Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than Artisan Partners Asset Management.

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
Healthpeak Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to APAM or DOC?

In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 8 more articles in the media than Artisan Partners Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 2 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Healthpeak Properties' score of 0.15 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Healthpeak Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is APAM or DOC a better dividend stock?

Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. 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. Healthpeak Properties pays out 348.6% 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.

Summary

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