Is Artisan Partners a good investment at the moment?

[Nick Robinson]

[Ilija Rankovic]

Whether a stock is a good investment or not is very relative, and changes depending on the portfolio and the person managing it. However, we can take a look at some stats and see how a stock is doing. Artisan Partners’ 12-month P/E ratio is only 9.35. This figure can be compared quite favourably to both the S&P’s ratio of 17.89 and the finance sector’s ratio of 14.05. Judging by the P/E ratio comparison, APAM is trading quite undervalued compared to its peers. Artisan also has a P/S ratio of only 2.11. The figure can be compared to the historical P/S ratio values of the APAM stock. Judging by the P/S ratio comparison, APAM stock is trading undervalued when looking at it from a historical perspective. The APAM stock seems to be extremely well-respected with the analysts, as it has earned the Value Score of A and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).