FII vs. CNS, AMG, VRTS, IVZ, BEN, APAM, MC, VCTR, STEP, and FHI
Should you be buying Federated Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federated Investors include Cohen & Steers (CNS), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Invesco (IVZ), Franklin Resources (BEN), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Moelis & Company (MC), Victory Capital (VCTR), StepStone Group (STEP), and Federated Hermes (FHI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Federated Investors (NYSE:FII) and Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
Federated Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Federated Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Federated Investors had 4 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Federated Investors and 7 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Federated Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cohen & Steers has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.00%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Federated Investors.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Federated Investors' net margin of 20.52%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 36.96% beat Federated Investors' return on equity.
Federated Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Federated Investors pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohen & Steers pays out 91.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Federated Investors received 13 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote while only 43.43% of users gave Federated Investors an outperform vote.
Federated Investors has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.2% of Federated Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Federated Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cohen & Steers beats Federated Investors on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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