Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SEIC or CNS?

SEI Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. SEI Investments 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
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.07	$581.19M	$5.33	16.36
Cohen & Steers	$517.42M	6.84	$151.26M	$3.15	22.02

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SEIC or CNS?

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held 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 rate SEIC or CNS?

SEI Investments currently has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus target price of $81.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.72%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than SEI Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Cohen & Steers	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SEIC or CNS more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 31.25% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 29.82%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 29.96% beat Cohen & Steers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	31.25%	29.96%	26.10%
Cohen & Steers	29.82%	29.95%	19.93%

Is SEIC or CNS a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. SEI Investments pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohen & Steers pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years and Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Does the media favor SEIC or CNS?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 4 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SEI Investments and 10 mentions for Cohen & Steers. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.01 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cohen & Steers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, SEIC or CNS?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SEI Investments beats Cohen & Steers on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.