Invesco (IVZ) Competitors

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

Is SEIC or IVZ 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
SEI Investments	31.25%	29.96%	26.10%
Invesco	10.68%	8.60%	3.49%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SEIC or IVZ?

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Invesco shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Invesco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SEIC or IVZ?

SEI Investments presently has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.76%. Invesco has a consensus target price of $18.78, suggesting a potential downside of 11.67%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Invesco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Invesco	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Does the media favor SEIC or IVZ?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 2 more articles in the media than Invesco. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SEI Investments and 10 mentions for Invesco. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Invesco's score of 1.24 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Invesco	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SEIC or IVZ?

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
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.13	$581.19M	$5.33	16.53
Invesco	$6.07B	1.57	$774.80M	$0.93	22.87

Is SEIC or IVZ a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. SEI Investments pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years and Invesco has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, SEIC or IVZ?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SEI Investments beats Invesco on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.