Artisan Partners trades at $43.40 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 21.6% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 22.9%.
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Why Is Artisan Partners Not Exciting?
We don't have much confidence in Artisan Partners. Here are two reasons we avoid APAM and a stock we'd rather own.
1. Long-Term Revenue Growth Disappoints
A company’s long-term performance is an indicator of its overall quality. Even a bad business can shine for one or two quarters, but a top-tier one grows for years.
Over the last five years, Artisan Partners grew its revenue at a mediocre 6.8% compounded annual growth rate. This fell short of our benchmark for the financials sector.
2. EPS Barely Growing
Analyzing the long-term change in earnings per share (EPS) shows whether a company's incremental sales were profitable – for example, revenue could be inflated through excessive spending on advertising and promotions.
Artisan Partners’s unimpressive 5% annual EPS growth over the last five years aligns with its revenue performance. This tells us it maintained its per-share profitability as it expanded.
Final Judgment
Artisan Partners’s business quality ultimately falls short of our standards. That said, the stock currently trades at 11.1× forward P/E (or $43.40 per share). While this valuation is reasonable, we don’t really see a big opportunity at the moment. We're fairly confident there are better investments elsewhere. We’d suggest looking at the most entrenched endpoint security platform on the market.
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