Artisan Partners is a high-quality asset management franchise generating 23% operating margins, a Piotroski score of 8 out of 9, and three quarters of earnings beats — but the stock is currently trading roughly 10% above analyst consensus price targets in a confirmed falling-knife technical configuration, creating a challenging near-term setup despite the underlying business quality.
Thesis pillars
- High Quality Margin Profile→Stable
- Stock Above Analyst Consensus↑Improving
- Falling Knife Technical Configuration→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Artisan Partners Asset Manageme (APAM) Stock Analysis
Temporary headwind edge
Financial Services · Asset Management
Wait for pullback to $39.54. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $41.15. Engine's entry $39.54 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum.
Artisan Partners Asset Management, founded in 1994, manages $179.9 billion in AUM across active equity, credit, and alternative investment strategies globally via an autonomous team structure. Revenue comes almost entirely from investment management fees on average AUM, with 61%... Read more
Wait for pullback to $39.54. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $41.15. Engine's entry $39.54 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Fundamentals strong but target reached (-18.9% upside). Wait for pullback. Score 5.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 53d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-09-04Recent Developments — Artisan Partners Asset Manageme
Latest news
- NEWS Artisan Partners Asset Management Q2 Earnings Call Highlights - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- NEWS Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (NYSE:APAM) Declares Dividend Increase - $0.80 Per Share - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- NEWS Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (NYSE:APAM) Declares Dividend Increase - $0.80 Per Share - marketbeat.com — marketbeat.com positive
- NEWS APAM Looks 13.7% Undervalued on GF Value™ with an 8.3% Yield - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- NEWS APAM|Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc|Price:40.890|Chg%:+0.600 - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
Generated 2026-09-04T13:22:01Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMGeographicnon-U.S. company strategies48%10-K Item 1A: 'approximately 48% of our AUM were invested in strategies that primarily invest in securities of non-U.S. companies'
- LOWCustomerlargest separate account12%10-K Item 1: 'our largest separate account relationship representing approximately 12% of our AUM'
- LOWCustomertwo largest intermediary relationships9.0%10-K Item 1A: 'Our two largest intermediary relationships across multiple distribution channels each represented approximately 9% of our total AUM'
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
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Wait for pullback to $39.54. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $41.15. Engine's entry $39.54 (Atr Pullback Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Fundamentals strong but target reached (-18.9% upside). Wait for pullback. Target $43.38 (+5.4%), stop $37.50 (−9.7%), A.R:R -3.8:1. Score 5.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $43.38 (-18.9% upside). Target $43.38 (+5.4%), stop $37.50 (−9.7%), A.R:R -3.8:1. Stop-loss: $37.50.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum.
Artisan Partners Asset Manageme trades at a P/E of 9.9 (forward 10.2). TrendMatrix value score: 6.2/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
9 analysts cover APAM with a consensus score of 2.4/5. Average price target: $39.
What does Artisan Partners Asset Manageme do?Artisan Partners Asset Management, founded in 1994, manages $179.9 billion in AUM across active equity, credit, and...
Artisan Partners Asset Management, founded in 1994, manages $179.9 billion in AUM across active equity, credit, and alternative investment strategies globally via an autonomous team structure. Revenue comes almost entirely from investment management fees on average AUM, with 61% of assets sourced through intermediated wealth channels and 39% through institutional channels.