Ameriprise Financial (AMP) Competitors

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

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%

Do analysts recommend AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial currently has a consensus price target of $539.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.78%. SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $104.40, suggesting a potential upside of 29.22%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk & volatility, AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AMP or SEIC?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 5 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for SEI Investments and 23 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.94 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ameriprise Financial	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMP or SEIC?

84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and 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	2.57	$3.40B	$32.14	14.62
SEI Investments	$2.13B	4.70	$581.19M	$5.33	15.16

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 1.4%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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.

Summary

SEI Investments beats Ameriprise Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.