Invesco (IVZ) Competitors

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

Is IVZ or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Invesco pays out 67.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Invesco has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Is IVZ or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 27.77% compared to Invesco's net margin of 13.14%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 26.40% beat Invesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco	13.14%	8.94%	3.65%
SEI Investments	27.77%	26.40%	22.99%

Which has more volatility & risk, IVZ or SEIC?

Invesco has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IVZ or SEIC?

Invesco has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. Invesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, 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	1.25	$774.80M	$1.25	13.51
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.41	$581.19M	$4.60	20.06

Do analysts recommend IVZ or SEIC?

Invesco currently has a consensus target price of $17.65, indicating a potential upside of 4.53%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $96.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.02%. Given Invesco's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Invesco is more favorable than SEI Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invesco	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer IVZ or SEIC?

In the previous week, Invesco had 6 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Invesco and 17 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Invesco's score of 0.91 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SEI Investments beats Invesco on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.