EV vs. CNS, VRTS, AMG, IVZ, AMK, DBRG, FHI, PJT, HPH, and VCTR
Should you be buying Eaton Vance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance include Cohen & Steers (CNS), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Invesco (IVZ), AssetMark Financial (AMK), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Federated Hermes (FHI), PJT Partners (PJT), Highest Performances (HPH), and Victory Capital (VCTR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Eaton Vance (NYSE:EV) and Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Eaton Vance has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cohen & Steers had 2 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cohen & Steers and 4 mentions for Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cohen & Steers' score of -0.17 indicating that Eaton Vance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Eaton Vance's net margin of 8.01%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 36.96% beat Eaton Vance's return on equity.
67.4% of Eaton Vance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cohen & Steers has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.79%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Eaton Vance.
Eaton Vance has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Eaton Vance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eaton Vance pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Eaton Vance pays out 45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Eaton Vance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eaton Vance received 31 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote while only 36.79% of users gave Eaton Vance an outperform vote.
Summary
Cohen & Steers beats Eaton Vance on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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