Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CNS or ARCC?

51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CNS or ARCC?

Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, 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
Cohen & Steers	$549.97M	7.06	$151.26M	$3.06	24.88
Ares Capital	$1.49B	10.47	$1.52B	$2.05	10.94

Does the media favor CNS or ARCC?

In the previous week, Cohen & Steers had 4 more articles in the media than Ares Capital. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cohen & Steers and 6 mentions for Ares Capital. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 1.03 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cohen & Steers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is CNS or ARCC a better dividend stock?

Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Cohen & Steers pays out 81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Capital pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNS or ARCC?

Ares Capital received 181 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.69% of users gave Ares Capital an outperform vote while only 54.82% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cohen & Steers	Outperform Votes 239 54.82%	Underperform Votes 197 45.18%
Ares Capital	Outperform Votes 420 62.69%	Underperform Votes 250 37.31%

Which has more volatility and risk, CNS or ARCC?

Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Capital has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CNS or ARCC?

Cohen & Steers currently has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.23%. Ares Capital has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.92%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Ares Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cohen & Steers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ares Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is CNS or ARCC more profitable?

Ares Capital has a net margin of 50.90% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 29.24%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 33.13% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cohen & Steers	29.24%	33.13%	20.43%
Ares Capital	50.90%	11.54%	5.50%

Summary

Cohen & Steers and Ares Capital tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.