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Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

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$77.24 +0.24 (+0.31%)
As of 03:56 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

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.

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 0.78 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.48 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SEI Investments
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus target price of $82.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.59%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.66%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher possible upside, equities 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

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

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$517.42M7.61$151.26M$3.0625.24
SEI Investments$2.13B5.43$581.19M$4.6020.13

Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less 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
Cohen & Steers29.68% 30.46% 19.37%
SEI Investments 27.77%26.40%22.99%

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$12.00B$20.51B
Dividend Yield3.22%5.81%5.55%3.73%
P/E Ratio25.2434.6719.9927.90
Price / Sales7.617.1725.3740.84
Price / Cash23.5815.9121.4522.25
Price / Book7.492.762.274.59
Net Income$151.26M$572.21M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.67%-0.08%0.37%0.74%
1 Month Performance0.28%6.09%3.05%3.94%
1 Year Performance7.13%13.62%541.27%14.82%

Cohen & Steers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.7027 of 5 stars
$77.24
+0.3%
$82.33
+6.6%
+6.5%$3.93B$517.42M25.24390News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.8663 of 5 stars
$89.86
+0.3%
$91.60
+1.9%
+42.4%$11.15B$2.13B19.535,098Analyst Forecast
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.5399 of 5 stars
$96.50
+0.4%
$94.09
-2.5%
-13.0%$21.17B$7.09B10.948,158Positive News
VCTR
Victory Capital
4.6271 of 5 stars
$63.67
-0.6%
$71.56
+12.4%
+36.8%$4.31B$893.48M14.18510Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.9159 of 5 stars
$182.10
-0.6%
$167.75
-7.9%
-10.3%$1.26B$898.60M10.78770High Trading Volume
APAM
Artisan Partners Asset Management
2.677 of 5 stars
$44.35
-0.4%
$37.90
-14.5%
+18.6%$3.59B$1.11B12.25500Positive News
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.4133 of 5 stars
$23.86
+0.2%
$20.88
-12.5%
+10.7%$12.52B$8.48B35.0910,200
BLK
BlackRock
4.5609 of 5 stars
$1,050.53
+0.3%
$1,102.08
+4.9%
+36.1%$162.33B$20.41B25.5221,100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BX
Blackstone
4.5131 of 5 stars
$149.84
-0.8%
$155.65
+3.9%
+29.4%$110.26B$13.23B45.134,895Positive News
IVZ
Invesco
4.6734 of 5 stars
$15.80
+0.6%
$17.42
+10.2%
+11.8%$7.03B$6.07B12.648,500
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
4.2717 of 5 stars
$38.88
+0.4%
$42.78
+10.0%
+17.8%$6.10B$2.47B15.432,300News Coverage

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