Financial Analysis: Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) versus Triller Group (NYSE:ILLR)

Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) and Triller Group (NYSE:ILLR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Artisan Partners Asset Management and Triller Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$975.10 million	3.67	$222.29 million	$3.59	12.39
Triller Group	$54.19 million	1.40	-$49.21 million	($1.22)	-1.52

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Triller Group. Triller Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Artisan Partners Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.5% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Triller Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Triller Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Artisan Partners Asset Management and Triller Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.95%	71.50%	17.55%
Triller Group	-139.01%	-805.50%	-54.21%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Artisan Partners Asset Management and Triller Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1	2	1	0	2.00
Triller Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Artisan Partners Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of $44.13, suggesting a potential downside of 0.81%. Given Artisan Partners Asset Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Artisan Partners Asset Management is more favorable than Triller Group.

Volatility & Risk

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Triller Group has a beta of -1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 235% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Triller Group on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Artisan Partners Asset Management

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. is publicly owned investment manager. It provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, government entities, private funds and non-U.S. funds, as well as mutual funds, non-U.S. funds and collective trusts. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth and value stocks of companies across all market capitalization. For fixed income component of its portfolio the firm invests in non-investment grade corporate bonds and secured and unsecured loans. It employs fundamental analysis to create its portfolios. Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; New York City; San Francisco, California; Leawood, Kansas; and London, United Kingdom.

About Triller Group

Triller Corp. operates Triller app, an artificial intelligence powered technology platform. The company’s platform enables creators, such as influencers, artists, athletes, public figures, and consumer brands build direct relationships with audiences to create awareness, drive content consumption, generate commerce, and shape culture. The company’s application is a short-form video app that allows users to access user and professionally generated content from creators worldwide. The company also produces content under the own and third-party brands, including trendsetting music, sports, lifestyle, fashion, and entertainment media that creates cultural moments, attracts users to its offerings, and drives social interaction that serves as a cultural wellspring across digital society. Triller Corp. was formerly known as Triller, Inc. and changed its name to Triller Corp. in March 2023. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Triller Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Proxima Media LLC. As of October 15, 2024, Triller Corp. acquired AGBA Group Holding Limited (NasdaqCM:AGBA) in reverse merger transaction.