Cohen & Steers (CNS) 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.

Is CNS or SEIC a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media favor CNS or SEIC?

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

Do analysts prefer CNS or SEIC?

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CNS or SEIC?

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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CNS or SEIC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cohen & Steers	$517.42M	7.61	$151.26M	$3.06	25.24
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.43	$581.19M	$4.60	20.13

Which has more volatility and risk, CNS or SEIC?

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.

Is CNS or SEIC more profitable?

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 & Steers	29.68%	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.