Comparing Acadian Asset Management (AAMI) & The Competition

Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI) is one of 86 public companies in the “Investment advice” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Acadian Asset Management to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Dividends

Acadian Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Acadian Asset Management pays out 1.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Investment advice” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.7% and pay out 60.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility & Risk

Acadian Asset Management has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadian Asset Management’s peers have a beta of 1.04, indicating that their average stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Acadian Asset Management and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadian Asset Management	0	1	0	0	2.00
Acadian Asset Management Competitors	867	4169	4257	165	2.39

Acadian Asset Management currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.89%. As a group, “Investment advice” companies have a potential upside of 22.88%. Given Acadian Asset Management’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acadian Asset Management has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Acadian Asset Management and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acadian Asset Management	$505.60 million	$85.00 million	10.97
Acadian Asset Management Competitors	$2.33 billion	$352.89 million	28.30

Acadian Asset Management’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Acadian Asset Management. Acadian Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Acadian Asset Management and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadian Asset Management	16.81%	1,000.27%	18.11%
Acadian Asset Management Competitors	9.88%	125.09%	6.99%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.7% of Acadian Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of shares of all “Investment advice” companies are owned by institutional investors. 27.7% of Acadian Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Investment advice” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Acadian Asset Management peers beat Acadian Asset Management on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Acadian Asset Management Company Profile

Acadian Asset Management Inc. is a publically owned asset management holding company. The firm provides its services to individuals and institutions. It manages separate client focused portfolios through its subsidiaries. The firm also launches equity mutual funds for its clients. It invests in public equity, fixed income, and alternative investment markets through its subsidiaries. The firm was founded in 1980 is based Boston, Massachusetts. It was formally known as BrightSphere Investment Group plc. BrightSphere Investment Group Inc. was formed in 1980 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.