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Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

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$72.71 -2.85 (-3.77%)
Closing price 07/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CNS vs. TROW, VCTR, VRTS, APAM, BEN, BLK, BX, IVZ, JHG, and WD

Should you be buying Cohen & Steers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers include T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Victory Capital (VCTR), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Franklin Resources (BEN), BlackRock (BLK), Blackstone (BX), Invesco (IVZ), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), and Walker & Dunlop (WD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Cohen & Steers vs. Its Competitors

Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and T. Rowe Price Group has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.24%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus price target of $96.64, indicating a potential downside of 8.64%. Given Cohen & Steers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cohen & Steers
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
T. Rowe Price Group
4 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 12 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 11 mentions for Cohen & Steers. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.49 indicating that T. Rowe Price Group 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
T. Rowe Price Group
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. T. Rowe Price Group 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
Cohen & Steers$517.42M7.16$151.26M$3.0623.76
T. Rowe Price Group$7.09B3.29$2.10B$8.8211.99

Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 29.82% compared to T. Rowe Price Group's net margin of 28.38%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 30.36% beat T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cohen & Steers29.82% 30.36% 19.68%
T. Rowe Price Group 28.38%20.17%15.48%

Summary

T. Rowe Price Group beats Cohen & Steers on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNS vs. The Competition

MetricCohen & SteersFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.85B$13.99B$12.10B$20.85B
Dividend Yield3.28%5.74%5.56%3.65%
P/E Ratio23.0834.6219.1527.56
Price / Sales7.166.9626.1159.11
Price / Cash23.1416.4921.6822.29
Price / Book7.052.812.314.66
Net Income$151.26M$560.62M$997.60M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-4.99%1.79%0.39%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-2.23%8.22%4.38%4.90%
1 Year Performance-11.16%11.12%538.30%11.14%

Cohen & Steers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.2046 of 5 stars
$72.71
-3.8%
$82.33
+13.2%
-11.4%$3.85B$517.42M23.08390News Coverage
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.7155 of 5 stars
$98.90
-1.2%
$94.91
-4.0%
-9.3%$22.06B$7.09B11.218,158Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VCTR
Victory Capital
3.821 of 5 stars
$64.04
-1.5%
$71.56
+11.7%
+32.7%$4.37B$893.48M14.26510News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.6712 of 5 stars
$194.78
-2.2%
$172.50
-11.4%
-14.7%$1.35B$898.60M11.53770Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
APAM
Artisan Partners Asset Management
3.1724 of 5 stars
$46.41
-0.2%
$37.90
-18.3%
+7.8%$3.75B$1.11B12.82500Positive News
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.2686 of 5 stars
$24.54
-1.4%
$21.21
-13.6%
+4.2%$13.07B$8.48B36.0910,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BLK
BlackRock
4.4541 of 5 stars
$1,076.55
-0.5%
$1,110.92
+3.2%
+33.2%$167.65B$20.96B26.1621,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BX
Blackstone
4.4671 of 5 stars
$153.05
-1.3%
$156.65
+2.4%
+23.8%$113.19B$13.23B46.104,895Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
IVZ
Invesco
4.7672 of 5 stars
$16.72
-0.1%
$17.48
+4.6%
+22.4%$7.49B$6.07B13.388,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
4.4995 of 5 stars
$39.97
-0.8%
$43.11
+7.9%
+17.4%$6.35B$2.47B15.862,300Analyst Forecast
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.7459 of 5 stars
$72.17
-4.2%
$102.50
+42.0%
-32.1%$2.56B$1.14B24.721,399News Coverage
Positive News

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