Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, REG or APAM?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is REG or APAM a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Regency Centers pays out 132.4% 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 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.

Is REG or APAM more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.78% compared to Artisan Partners Asset Management's net margin of 23.95%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 71.50% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.78%	5.85%	3.21%
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.95%	71.50%	17.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor REG or APAM?

Artisan Partners Asset Management received 290 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.60% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote while only 46.32% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 44 46.32%	Underperform Votes 51 53.68%
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 334 52.60%	Underperform Votes 301 47.40%

Do analysts rate REG or APAM?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus target price of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.52%. Artisan Partners Asset Management has a consensus target price of $44.13, suggesting a potential upside of 2.90%. Given Regency Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Artisan Partners Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, REG or APAM?

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
Regency Centers	$1.32B	9.77	$364.56M	$2.13	33.44
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$975.10M	3.53	$222.29M	$3.59	11.94

Does the media favor REG or APAM?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 1 more articles in the media than Artisan Partners Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Regency Centers and 1 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Artisan Partners Asset Management's score of 0.00 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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