Invesco (IVZ) Competitors

Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the media favor IVZ or SEIC?

In the previous week, Invesco had 9 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Invesco and 14 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Invesco's score of 1.36 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Invesco	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer IVZ or SEIC?

Invesco presently has a consensus target price of $19.38, indicating a potential downside of 13.58%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.92%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Invesco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invesco	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is IVZ or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Invesco pays out 90.3% 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 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IVZ or SEIC?

Invesco has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. SEI Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco, 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
Invesco	$6.07B	1.65	$774.80M	$0.93	24.12
SEI Investments	$2.21B	4.85	$581.19M	$5.33	16.23

Which has more volatility & risk, IVZ or SEIC?

Invesco has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IVZ or SEIC?

66.1% of Invesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Invesco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IVZ or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 31.25% compared to Invesco's net margin of 10.68%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 29.96% beat Invesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco	10.68%	8.60%	3.49%
SEI Investments	31.25%	29.96%	26.10%

Summary

SEI Investments beats Invesco on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.