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

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 rate AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial presently has a consensus price target of $533.86, indicating a potential upside of 2.46%. SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.35%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor AMP or SEIC?

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 9 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 32 mentions for SEI Investments. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.87 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	19 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	12 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	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 1.2%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	2.87	$3.40B	$29.43	17.70
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.27	$581.19M	$4.60	19.56

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned 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.

Summary

Ameriprise Financial and SEI Investments tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.