Company Analysis

Acadian Asset Management Inc. (AAMI)

NYSE: AAMI · Investment Advice · Boston, MA · filing with the SEC since 2019
Grade4.5
◀ Past 4.9● Present 4.3▶ Future 4.5
1 est.

The grade of Acadian Asset Management Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.5/10
◀ Past4.930% of the headline
● Present4.340% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 48 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s filings since 2019 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-5.1% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $858 million in fiscal 2017 to $564 million in fiscal 2025, down 5.1% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 54% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-5.1%bottom 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 35% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak53.9%bottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 5.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 4% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

SI estimate
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 45 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The newest annual statements on file are more than two years old, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 45 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The newest annual statements on file are more than two years old.
How it was reasoned
family median, 45 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s financial health is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the newest annual statements on file are more than two years old, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 45 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Industry position

as filed
4.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 46% of 43 in its family; net margin 14.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $564 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 38% by size; a net margin of 14.2% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of 10.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$564Mbottom 38% of its family
  • net margin14.2%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.5%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 33% of 34 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Young, Kelly (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-01-06, 1.9 years (bottom 13% of its family); the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.6 years (bottom 47%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 40%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 7 peoplebottom 40% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.6 yearsbottom 47% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.9 yearsbottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 22% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $124 million against debt of $200 million leaves -11.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.4% of revenue (bottom 22%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-11.2%bottom 21% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-0.4%bottom 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 22% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.5% a year over the last three filed years against -5.1% over all 8, speeding up (top 6% of its family); the newest year grew 11.5% (top 38%) (its annual reports). Acadian Asset Management Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+15.7 points a yeartop 6% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth11.5%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 34% of 41 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Acadian Asset Management Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $564 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.3% above the $557 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 40% of its family); net income of $80 million against a prior three-year average of $84 million (bottom 21%); a net margin of 14.2% against 18.8% before (bottom 21%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.3%top 40% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-5%bottom 21% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.6 pointsbottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AAMI · research, not advice