Cohen & Steers (CNS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cohen & Steers, Inc. is a global investment management company specializing in real assets and alternative income investments. The firm serves institutional investors, financial intermediaries and individual investors through a range of investment strategies and vehicles.

Its offerings include portfolios focused on listed and private real estate, infrastructure, preferred securities, commodities, natural resource equities and other real-asset investments. Cohen & Steers provides mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, separately managed accounts and other investment products designed to provide income, diversification and exposure to real assets.

Founded in 1986 by Martin Cohen and Robert Steers, the company is headquartered in New York City and serves clients across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Cohen & Steers is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph M. Harvey.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $72.82 to $74.46
• 50-Day Range: $71.81 to $85.61
• 52-Week Range: $58.39 to $86.56
• Volume: 391,380 shs
• Average Volume: 280,799 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.79 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.61
• Dividend Yield: 3.64%
• Price Target: $78.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Cohen & Steers Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cohen & Steers scored higher than 67% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 496th out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Cohen & Steers has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Cohen & Steers is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cohen & Steers has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cohen & Steers are expected to grow by 11.33% in the coming year, from $3.53 to $3.93 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cohen & Steers is 22.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.53.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cohen & Steers is 22.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.58.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cohen & Steers has a PEG Ratio of 1.81. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cohen & Steers has a P/B Ratio of 6.15. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.47% of the float of Cohen & Steers has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cohen & Steers has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.33.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cohen & Steers has recently increased by 30.49%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Cohen & Steers is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.61%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Cohen & Steers has been increasing its dividend for 16 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cohen & Steers is 82.21%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Cohen & Steers will have a dividend payout ratio of 68.19% next year. This indicates that Cohen & Steers will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

Cohen & Steers has a news sentiment score of 0.33. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Cohen & Steers this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for CNS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cohen & Steers insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $91,476.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

45.40% of the stock of Cohen & Steers is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

51.47% of the stock of Cohen & Steers is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/16/2026
• Record date for 8/20 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/20 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/20/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CNS
• CIK: 1284812
• Web: www.cohenandsteers.com
• Phone: (212) 832-3232
• Fax: 212-832-3622
• Employees: 424
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cohen & Steers: $78.00
• High Price Target: $88.00
• Low Price Target: $68.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.88
• P/E Growth: 1.81
• Net Income: $153.22 million
• Net Margins: 28.82%
• Pretax Margin: 38.89%
• Return on Equity: 27.41%
• Return on Assets: 19.58%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 12.46
• Quick Ratio: 12.46

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $556.12 million
• Price / Sales: 6.82
• Cash Flow: $3.45 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.36
• Book Value: $11.98 per share
• Price / Book: 6.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 51,420,000
• Free Float: 28,076,000
• Market Cap: $3.79 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.21