CNS vs. ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, AMG, MAIN, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, and OCSL
Should you be buying Cohen & Steers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers include Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), and Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ares Capital has a net margin of 62.77% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 26.27%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 36.67% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.
Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Cohen & Steers pays out 91.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Capital pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 47.0% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ares Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ares Capital received 171 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.56% of users gave Ares Capital an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ares Capital had 9 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Ares Capital and 12 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Ares Capital's score of 0.73 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.36%. Ares Capital has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.75%. Given Ares Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Capital is more favorable than Cohen & Steers.
Summary
Ares Capital beats Cohen & Steers on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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