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$76.08 -1.66 (-2.13%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CNS vs. ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, AMG, MAIN, GBDC, PSEC, OCSL, and VRTS

Should you be buying Cohen & Steers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers include Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), and Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Cohen & Steers vs.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ares CapitalOutperform Votes
420
62.69%
Underperform Votes
250
37.31%
Cohen & SteersOutperform Votes
239
54.82%
Underperform Votes
197
45.18%

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 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. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

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

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
Ares Capital50.90% 11.54% 5.50%
Cohen & Steers 29.24%33.13%20.43%

Ares Capital presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.23%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus target price of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.29%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Ares Capital.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Capital$1.49B9.98$1.52B$2.0510.50
Cohen & Steers$549.97M7.05$151.26M$3.0624.86

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ares Capital and 7 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Ares Capital's score of 1.40 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

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

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CNS vs. The Competition

MetricCohen & SteersInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.88B$11.21B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.99%24.43%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio25.6238.9022.4234.53
Price / Sales7.057.7427.6234.83
Price / Cash27.5917.7117.6217.51
Price / Book9.683.712.774.69
Net Income$151.26M$419.40M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-8.26%-3.82%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance2.30%5.74%5.24%6.27%
1 Year Performance6.66%7.89%538.04%5.78%

Cohen & Steers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.3588 of 5 stars
$76.08
-2.1%
$90.00
+18.3%
+5.0%$3.88B$549.97M25.62390News Coverage
Positive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.3228 of 5 stars
$21.59
+2.5%
$22.00
+1.9%
+0.7%$14.89B$1.49B8.812,550Positive News
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.108 of 5 stars
$21.69
+3.6%
$19.46
-10.3%
-9.0%$11.40B$8.70B33.369,800News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.5715 of 5 stars
$83.66
+2.6%
$87.60
+4.7%
+24.1%$10.41B$2.16B18.934,840Analyst Upgrade
IVZ
Invesco
4.9157 of 5 stars
$15.59
+5.1%
$17.25
+10.7%
-7.7%$6.98B$6.12B13.218,610Positive News
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.2944 of 5 stars
$183.71
+2.5%
$192.40
+4.7%
+10.9%$5.29B$2.04B12.173,950Positive News
Ex-Dividend
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.4451 of 5 stars
$53.87
+1.7%
$51.00
-5.3%
+13.9%$4.77B$601.25M9.7690
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
1.9442 of 5 stars
$14.78
+2.2%
$15.50
+4.9%
-8.4%$3.94B$300.65M10.71N/APositive News
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.7619 of 5 stars
$3.69
+4.2%
$3.00
-18.7%
-40.3%$1.64B$101.04M-18.452,019High Trading Volume
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.765 of 5 stars
$14.02
+1.7%
$16.00
+14.1%
-26.4%$1.23B$-1,542,000.0020.93N/APositive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
2.3327 of 5 stars
$173.07
+4.7%
$167.75
-3.1%
-27.6%$1.20B$898.60M10.24770Positive News
Dividend Announcement
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