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APAM vs BX
Side-by-side comparison of Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (APAM) and Blackstone Inc. (BX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both APAM and BX operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- BX is the larger of the two at $107.65B, about 30.4x APAM ($3.54B).
- BX has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for APAM).
- BX has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for APAM).
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
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.
Blackstone Inc.
The Blackstone Group Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm's corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts,special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. The fund considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It has a three year investment period. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. The Blackstone Group Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe and North America.
Latest APAM
- Executive Vice President Ramirez Gregory K sold $298,143 worth of shares (7,000 units at $42.59), decreasing direct ownership by 6% to 109,194 units (SEC Form 4)
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Reports July 2026 Assets Under Management
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Reports 2Q26 Results and Quarterly Dividend
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. to Announce 2Q26 Results on July 28, 2026
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Reports June 2026 Assets Under Management
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
Latest BX
- Large owner Blackstone Holdings Iv L.P. bought $7,126,860 worth of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (272,642 units at $26.14) (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: Large owner Blackstone Holdings Iv L.P. bought $20,125,000 worth of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (769,893 units at $26.14) (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Legal Officer Finley John G sold $6,620,111 worth of shares (45,000 units at $147.11), decreasing direct ownership by 8% to 516,017 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Accounting Officer Payne David sold $1,379,685 worth of shares (9,500 units at $145.23), decreasing direct ownership by 13% to 64,448 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Porat Ruth bought $62,445 worth of shares (455 units at $137.20), increasing direct ownership by 0.89% to 42,189 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Blackstone Inc.
- Chief Administrative Officer Sawhney Vikrant sold $4,066,488 worth of shares (30,000 units at $135.55), decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 869,669 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Parrett William G acquired 1,500 shares and disposed of 1,500 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 5% to 30,029 units (SEC Form 4)
- Large owner Blackstone Holdings Ii L.P. disposed of 6,593,919 units of Class B Common Stock, converted options into 6,593,919 shares and sold $648,849,996 worth of shares (29,695,652 units at $21.85) (SEC Form 4)
- Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Results