Ameriprise Financial (AMP) Competitors

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AMP or SEIC?

84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial presently has a consensus price target of $534.71, indicating a potential upside of 9.80%. SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.78%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ameriprise Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has better earnings & valuation, AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. Ameriprise Financial 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
Ameriprise Financial	$17.26B	2.66	$3.40B	$32.14	15.15
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.04	$581.19M	$5.33	16.25

Does the media prefer AMP or SEIC?

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 13 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 15 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Ameriprise Financial's score of 1.37 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ameriprise Financial	25 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is AMP or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% 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. Ameriprise Financial has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Is AMP or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 31.25% compared to Ameriprise Financial's net margin of 18.30%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ameriprise Financial	18.30%	65.90%	2.02%
SEI Investments	31.25%	29.96%	26.10%

Which has more volatility & risk, AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SEI Investments beats Ameriprise Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.