CNS vs. VRTS, AMG, IVZ, BEN, APAM, MC, FHI, AB, DBRG, and VCTR
Should you be buying Cohen & Steers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers include Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Invesco (IVZ), Franklin Resources (BEN), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Moelis & Company (MC), Federated Hermes (FHI), AllianceBernstein (AB), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), and Victory Capital (VCTR). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $7.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Virtus Investment Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners and 7 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Virtus Investment Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Cohen & Steers' score of -0.17 indicating that Virtus Investment Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virtus Investment Partners received 86 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote while only 53.50% of users gave Virtus Investment Partners an outperform vote.
Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.79%. Virtus Investment Partners has a consensus price target of $254.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.76%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than Cohen & Steers.
51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Virtus Investment Partners' net margin of 15.45%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 36.96% beat Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity.
Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Virtus Investment Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Virtus Investment Partners beats Cohen & Steers on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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