SEI Investments (SEIC) Competitors

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Do analysts prefer SEIC or TROW?

SEI Investments presently has a consensus price target of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.68%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus price target of $101.09, suggesting a potential downside of 7.57%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
T. Rowe Price Group	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SEIC or TROW?

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, SEIC or TROW?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SEIC or TROW?

In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 10 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 15 mentions for SEI Investments. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat SEI Investments' score of 1.43 indicating that T. Rowe Price Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
T. Rowe Price Group	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SEIC or TROW more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 31.25% compared to T. Rowe Price Group's net margin of 28.72%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 29.96% beat T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	31.25%	29.96%	26.10%
T. Rowe Price Group	28.72%	19.77%	15.04%

Is SEIC or TROW a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. SEI Investments pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years and T. Rowe Price Group has raised its dividend for 39 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SEIC or TROW?

T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. T. Rowe Price Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, 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
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.27	$581.19M	$5.33	16.98
T. Rowe Price Group	$7.09B	3.39	$2.10B	$8.95	12.22

Summary

SEI Investments beats T. Rowe Price Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.