Capital Southwest (CSWC) Competitors

Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) and Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is CSWC or CNS a better dividend stock?

Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Capital Southwest pays out 164.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers pays out 81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CSWC or CNS?

Capital Southwest received 1 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.30% of users gave Capital Southwest an outperform vote while only 54.82% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Southwest	Outperform Votes 240 60.30%	Underperform Votes 158 39.70%
Cohen & Steers	Outperform Votes 239 54.82%	Underperform Votes 197 45.18%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CSWC or CNS?

23.4% of Capital Southwest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Capital Southwest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CSWC or CNS?

In the previous week, Cohen & Steers had 3 more articles in the media than Capital Southwest. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cohen & Steers and 11 mentions for Capital Southwest. Capital Southwest's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.82 indicating that Capital Southwest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital Southwest	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cohen & Steers	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CSWC or CNS?

Cohen & Steers has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Southwest. Capital Southwest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Southwest	$98.09M	10.57	$83.39M	$1.41	14.53
Cohen & Steers	$553.52M	7.23	$151.26M	$3.06	25.66

Do analysts recommend CSWC or CNS?

Capital Southwest currently has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.79%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus price target of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.64%. Given Cohen & Steers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Capital Southwest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Southwest	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cohen & Steers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CSWC or CNS more profitable?

Capital Southwest has a net margin of 33.49% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 29.24%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 33.13% beat Capital Southwest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Southwest	33.49%	15.18%	7.37%
Cohen & Steers	29.24%	33.13%	20.43%

Which has more risk and volatility, CSWC or CNS?

Capital Southwest has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cohen & Steers beats Capital Southwest on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.