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Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

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$76.47 -1.54 (-1.97%)
As of 03:58 PM Eastern

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.

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
SEI Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cohen & Steers29.68% 30.46% 19.37%
SEI Investments 27.77%26.40%22.99%

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cohen & Steers$517.42M7.53$151.26M$3.0624.99
SEI Investments$2.13B5.43$581.19M$4.6020.14

Summary

SEI Investments beats Cohen & Steers on 11 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$3.90B$13.27B$11.87B$20.42B
Dividend Yield3.18%5.80%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio24.9934.2219.9527.79
Price / Sales7.536.8425.7338.15
Price / Cash23.8916.0118.7218.22
Price / Book7.422.722.254.58
Net Income$151.26M$572.21M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.43%1.29%1.30%1.63%
1 Month Performance0.28%5.88%3.32%4.23%
1 Year Performance6.03%12.56%541.98%14.20%

Cohen & Steers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.5467 of 5 stars
$76.47
-2.0%
$82.33
+7.7%
+8.2%$3.90B$517.42M24.99390
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.8973 of 5 stars
$89.86
+0.3%
$91.60
+1.9%
+43.2%$11.15B$2.13B19.535,098Analyst Revision
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.5606 of 5 stars
$96.50
+0.4%
$94.09
-2.5%
-12.5%$21.17B$7.09B10.948,158Positive News
VCTR
Victory Capital
4.6496 of 5 stars
$63.67
-0.6%
$71.56
+12.4%
+36.9%$4.31B$893.48M14.18510Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
4.0417 of 5 stars
$182.10
-0.6%
$167.75
-7.9%
-10.1%$1.26B$898.60M10.78770High Trading Volume
APAM
Artisan Partners Asset Management
3.4633 of 5 stars
$44.35
-0.4%
$37.90
-14.5%
+16.4%$3.59B$1.11B12.25500Positive News
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.4164 of 5 stars
$23.86
+0.2%
$20.88
-12.5%
+12.0%$12.52B$8.48B35.0910,200
BLK
BlackRock
4.5113 of 5 stars
$1,050.53
+0.3%
$1,102.08
+4.9%
+36.1%$162.33B$20.41B25.5221,100Trending News
BX
Blackstone
4.5245 of 5 stars
$149.84
-0.8%
$155.65
+3.9%
+26.4%$110.26B$13.23B45.134,895Positive News
IVZ
Invesco
4.787 of 5 stars
$15.80
+0.6%
$17.42
+10.2%
+12.3%$7.03B$6.07B12.648,500
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
4.3971 of 5 stars
$38.88
+0.4%
$42.78
+10.0%
+18.2%$6.10B$2.47B15.432,300News Coverage

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