Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APAM or LINE?

Artisan Partners Asset Management received 316 more outperform votes than Lineage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Lineage an outperform vote while only 52.60% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 334 52.60%	Underperform Votes 301 47.40%
Lineage	Outperform Votes 18 66.67%	Underperform Votes 9 33.33%

Which has better earnings & valuation, APAM or LINE?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lineage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.06B	3.53	$222.29M	$3.59	13.00
Lineage	$5.34B	2.71	-$77.40M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer APAM or LINE?

Artisan Partners Asset Management currently has a consensus target price of $44.13, indicating a potential downside of 5.45%. Lineage has a consensus target price of $90.75, indicating a potential upside of 42.85%. Given Lineage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lineage 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
Lineage	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Is APAM or LINE a better dividend stock?

Artisan Partners Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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.

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

86.4% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lineage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is APAM or LINE more profitable?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a net margin of 23.95% compared to Lineage's net margin of -12.18%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 71.50% beat Lineage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.95%	71.50%	17.55%
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%

Does the media favor APAM or LINE?

In the previous week, Lineage had 9 more articles in the media than Artisan Partners Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lineage and 9 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Lineage's score of 0.24 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lineage	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Lineage on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.