Asset Manager Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) Gets a Price Target Cut from TD Cowen

TD Cowen, a renowned investment bank, recently lowered its price target for Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) from $46.00 to $35.00 in a research report sent to investors on Wednesday. This cut in price target reflects the bank’s cautious stance on the asset manager’s stock performance.

Analyst Ratings

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. StockNews.com, for instance, downgraded APAM’s rating from “buy” to “hold” in a research report on Tuesday. Royal Bank of Canada, on the other hand, maintained its price target at $53.00 but lowered it to $51.00 and upgraded the rating from “neutral” to “outperform” in a report on Monday, February 3rd.

TD Cowen currently has a hold rating on APAM’s stock, while StockNews.com has a hold rating and Royal Bank of Canada has an outperform rating.
One analyst has given APAM a sell rating, three analysts have a hold rating, and one analyst has a buy rating.
The average rating among analysts is a hold, with a consensus price target of $42.38.

Price Performance

NYSE APAM traded down $2.19 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $34.95. The stock had a trading volume of 395,932 shares, compared to its average volume of 458,274.

Indicator	Value
50-day simple moving average	$41.11
200-day simple moving average	$43.58
Market capitalization	$2.81 billion
Price-to-earnings ratio	9.59
Beta	1.80
52-week low	$32.75
52-week high	$49.54
Quick ratio	0.73
Current ratio	0.56
Debt-to-equity ratio	0.47

Earnings and Dividend

Artisan Partners Asset Management last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The asset manager reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.08. Artisan Partners Asset Management also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. The dividend was $0.50 per share, paid to investors of record on Friday, February 14th.

Artisan Partners Asset Management’s dividend yield is 5.72%.
The dividend payout ratio is 92.31%.

Hedge Fund Activity

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of APAM by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake by 4.9% during the same period. State Street Corp lifted its position by 1.2% in the third quarter, while Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake by 2.2% in the fourth quarter.

Investor	Position Change	Number of Shares
Vanguard Group Inc.	1.0%	8,097,132
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.	4.9%	2,772,632
State Street Corp.	1.2%	2,742,935
Geode Capital Management LLC.	2.2%	1,813,598
Channing Capital Management LLC.	14.5%	1,770,526

About Artisan Partners Asset Management

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc is a publicly owned investment manager that provides services to a wide range of clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, government entities, private funds, and non-U.S. funds.

“The asset manager provides its services through various channels, including mutual funds, non-U.S. funds, and collective trusts. Its investment approach focuses on partnering with clients to help them achieve their investment objectives.”

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