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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals 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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by 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.

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 4.9%. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 57.6% 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.

Does the media favor SEIC or TROW?

In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 8 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 13 mentions for SEI Investments. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat SEI Investments' score of 1.06 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
T. Rowe Price Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SEIC or TROW?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SEIC or TROW more profitable?

T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 28.38% compared to SEI Investments' net margin of 27.77%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 26.40% beat T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	27.77%	26.40%	22.99%
T. Rowe Price Group	28.38%	20.17%	15.48%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	5.43	$581.19M	$4.60	20.17
T. Rowe Price Group	$7.09B	3.25	$2.10B	$8.82	11.85

Do analysts rate SEIC or TROW?

SEI Investments currently has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.48%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus target price of $96.64, suggesting a potential downside of 7.57%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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

Summary

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