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Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

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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

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

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
SEI Investments$2.13B5.43$581.19M$4.6020.17
Cohen & Steers$517.42M7.62$151.26M$3.0625.27

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 6 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for SEI Investments and 11 mentions for Cohen & Steers. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.48 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cohen & Steers
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SEI Investments currently has a consensus price target of $96.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.49%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.48%. 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
SEI Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Cohen & Steers
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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 3.2%. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years and Cohen & Steers has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
SEI Investments27.77% 26.40% 22.99%
Cohen & Steers 29.68%30.46%19.37%

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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CNS vs. The Competition

MetricCohen & SteersFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.93B$13.39B$12.01B$20.49B
Dividend Yield3.22%5.81%5.55%3.74%
P/E Ratio25.1634.6720.0027.90
Price / Sales7.627.9125.4639.35
Price / Cash23.5815.9121.4522.25
Price / Book7.502.762.274.59
Net Income$151.26M$572.21M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.88%-0.23%-0.15%0.11%
1 Month Performance-0.19%5.93%2.73%3.55%
1 Year Performance5.51%12.20%540.03%13.79%

Cohen & Steers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.7161 of 5 stars
$77.33
+0.4%
$82.33
+6.5%
+7.1%$3.93B$517.42M25.16390News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.8674 of 5 stars
$89.86
+0.3%
$91.60
+1.9%
+44.1%$11.15B$2.13B19.535,098Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.4795 of 5 stars
$96.50
+0.4%
$94.09
-2.5%
-11.4%$21.17B$7.09B10.948,158Positive News
VCTR
Victory Capital
4.6352 of 5 stars
$63.67
-0.6%
$71.56
+12.4%
+36.7%$4.31B$893.48M14.18510Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.9291 of 5 stars
$182.10
-0.6%
$167.75
-7.9%
-11.3%$1.26B$898.60M10.78770High Trading Volume
APAM
Artisan Partners Asset Management
2.694 of 5 stars
$44.35
-0.4%
$37.90
-14.5%
+22.0%$3.59B$1.11B12.25500Positive News
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.4275 of 5 stars
$23.86
+0.2%
$20.88
-12.5%
+12.8%$12.52B$8.48B35.0910,200
BLK
BlackRock
4.5707 of 5 stars
$1,050.53
+0.3%
$1,102.08
+4.9%
+35.5%$162.33B$20.41B25.5221,100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BX
Blackstone
4.5309 of 5 stars
$149.84
-0.8%
$155.65
+3.9%
+30.7%$110.26B$13.23B45.134,895Positive News
IVZ
Invesco
4.6835 of 5 stars
$15.80
+0.6%
$17.42
+10.2%
+11.4%$7.03B$6.07B12.648,500
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
4.2837 of 5 stars
$38.88
+0.4%
$42.78
+10.0%
+19.2%$6.10B$2.47B15.432,300

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