Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for APAM in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
Artisan Partners hit a new 52-week low this week after Royal Bank Of Canada lowered its price target on the stock from $45.00 to $43.00, while maintaining an outperform rating. This followed preliminary third-quarter assets under management of $168.7 billion as of 30 September 2026, with Artisan Funds and Artisan Global Funds contributing $90.2 billion and separate accounts and other AUM adding $78.5 billion. Options activity has also picked up, with attention on December 2026 $20 calls amid otherwise weak earnings sentiment, and a separate consensus price target of $37.25 has been cited against the then-current share price of $33.70.
APAM closed at $32.43, down 3.1%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $39.31 and its 200-day average of $38.92, with one, three, six and twelve-month returns all negative. The GekkoIndex reads 72.5, placing the stock in the Buying zone, while the gap to Gekko Fair Value of $39.07 stands at -17%.
Earnings are due on 27 October 2026, 15 days away, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current 90-day and 30-day windows respectively. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 7.7% gain over 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst views remain split, with 1 buy, 2 hold and 1 sell rating among 4 firms, and a consensus target of $38.50 implying 18.7% upside.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Artisan Partners Asset Management scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
Averages disagree
Close $32.43 sits between the 50-day ($39.31) and 200-day ($38.92) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart72.5, Buying
Reading 72.5 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex17.0% below
Price is 17% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 15 days
Reports on Oct 27, 2026, 15 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+7.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +7.7% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Artisan Partners Asset Management closed at $32.43 on Oct 12, 2026, −25.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $31.78 to $46.53.
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Artisan Partners Asset Management builds and manages investment portfolios for clients seeking exposure to equity and fixed income markets around the world. It is best known for tailoring individual strategies rather than offering one-size-fits-all products, drawing on fundamental analysis to guide its stock and bond selections across growth and value styles and companies of varying sizes.
The firm serves a broad base of clients, ranging from pension plans, endowments, foundations and charitable organizations to government bodies, along with private, mutual and collective funds both inside and outside the United States. On the fixed income side, it also invests in non-investment grade corporate bonds and secured and unsecured loans, giving it reach beyond conventional equity mandates.
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Artisan Partners also operates from locations in Atlanta, New York City, San Francisco, Leawood, Kansas, and London. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker APAM.
Artisan Partners Asset Management’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 72.5, in the Buying zone, up 0.5 points over five sessions.
Up 0.5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 44 | +0.6% | +4.1% | ||
| Accumulation | 227 | 0.0% | +1.4% | ||
| Neutral | 392 | −0.1% | −1.5% | ||
| Distribution | 18 | −1.9% | −0.4% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average APAM share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
Artisan Partners Asset Management trades 17.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $39.07, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$39.07
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
17.0% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 8.2% above the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Artisan Partners Asset Management, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for APAM in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in APAM were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Artisan Partners Asset Management has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Artisan Partners Asset Management reports on Oct 27, 2026 (15 days away).
Oct 27, 2026
15 days away
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Artisan Partners Asset Management is $38.50, +18.7% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12 | TD Cowen | $33 | +1.8% |
| Oct 9 | Evercore ISI | $34 | +4.8% |
| Oct 9 | RBC Capital | $43 | +32.6% |
| Oct 5 | Goldman Sachs | $31 | −4.4% |
| Oct 2 | Goldman Sachs | $31 | −4.4% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Artisan Partners Asset Management averaged +7.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +7.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +7.1% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, APAM’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.3%.
Artisan Partners Asset Management’s market cap is $2.30B, with a P/E ratio of 8.1 and revenue of $1.25B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Artisan Partners Asset Management this week reads positive: 3 positive, 2 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
Artisan Partners Asset Management’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| MSMorgan Stanley | Accumulation | 11.1% below |
| BLKBlackRock | Neutral | 9.0% below |
| UBSUBS | Accumulation | 10.2% below |
| BXBlackstone | Accumulation | 15.2% below |
| BNBrookfield | Accumulation | 18.9% below |
| KKRKKR | Accumulation | 17.8% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Artisan Partners Asset Management’s market cap is $2.30B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $32.43, with 71.00M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 8.1.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Artisan Partners Asset Management is $38.50, +18.7% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Artisan Partners Asset Management is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $32.43 is 17.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $39.07. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Artisan Partners Asset Management is expected to report on Oct 27, 2026 (15 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.97 per share on revenue of $307.8M.
Artisan Partners Asset Management’s 52-week high is $46.53 and its 52-week low is $31.78; it closed at $32.43 on Oct 12, 2026, −25.6% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $52.42 on Nov 8, 2021.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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