TROW vs. SEIC, APAM, BEN, BLK, CNS, IVZ, JHG, LAZ, BK, and AMP
Should you be buying T. Rowe Price Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of T. Rowe Price Group include SEI Investments (SEIC), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Franklin Resources (BEN), BlackRock (BLK), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Invesco (IVZ), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Lazard (LAZ), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), and Ameriprise Financial (AMP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
T. Rowe Price Group vs. Its Competitors
T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 18.4% 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. T. Rowe Price Group has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years and SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
T. Rowe Price Group currently has a consensus target price of $106.92, suggesting a potential upside of 1.15%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $104.40, suggesting a potential upside of 26.44%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.
T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 21 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 29 mentions for SEI Investments. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.85 indicating that T. Rowe Price Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Summary
SEI Investments beats T. Rowe Price Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TROW) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
