CNS vs. SEIC, TROW, VCTR, VRTS, APAM, BEN, BLK, BX, IVZ, and JHG
Should you be buying Cohen & Steers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers include SEI Investments (SEIC), 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), and Janus Henderson Group (JHG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Cohen & Steers vs. Its Competitors
Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohen & Steers has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years.
51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cohen & Steers currently has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.67%. SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.53%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than SEI Investments.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 29.68% compared to SEI Investments' net margin of 27.77%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 30.46% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.
In the previous week, SEI Investments had 15 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for SEI Investments and 5 mentions for Cohen & Steers. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.55 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
SEI Investments beats Cohen & Steers on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CNS) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff