Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (APAM) vs Sprott Inc. (SII)

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. and Sprott Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Sprott Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.2B against $2.9B — 1.1× the size. Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.8× against 30.5×. Sprott Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 102.2% against 9.78%. Sprott Inc. has the higher net margin (26.4% vs 22.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (44.7% vs 84.8%). Both pay a dividend; Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. yields more (6.76% vs 2.72%). Across the 23 metrics below, Sprott Inc. leads on 12 and Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric APAM SII Asset Management median
P/E 8.78 30.48 14.62
P/S 1.92 8.02 2.97
P/B 5.16 8.17 0.94
Price to free cash flow 9.25 63.59 8.93
EV/EBITDA 5.31 20.65 10.32
EV/Sales 1.79 7.59 5.72
Earnings yield 11.39% 3.28% 4.53%
Free cash flow yield 10.81% 1.57% 4.65%

Profitability

Metric APAM SII Asset Management median
Gross margin 43.31% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 33.03% 36.07% 33.03%
Net margin 22.08% 26.36% 13.53%
Free cash flow margin 20.78% 34.94% 12.44%
Return on equity 62.29% 28.57% 4.83%
Return on assets 18.97% 22.06% 1.57%
Return on invested capital 84.76% 44.69% 3.04%

Growth

Metric APAM SII Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.78% 102.23% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 10.66% 36.65% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.87% 18.54% 12.13%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.57% 20.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric APAM SII Asset Management median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.00 0.42
Current ratio 0.90 3.43 1.28
Net debt to EBITDA (0.16) (1.26) 1.06

Dividend

Metric APAM SII Asset Management median
Dividend yield 6.76% 2.72% 6.92%
Payout ratio 0.76 0.73 0.77

Size

Metric APAM SII Asset Management median
Market cap 2.90b 3.20b 721.34m

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