Janus Henderson Group (JHG) Competitors

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

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

87.9% of Janus Henderson Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Janus Henderson Group 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate JHG or SEIC?

Janus Henderson Group presently has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.21%. SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.11%. Given SEI Investments' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Janus Henderson Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Janus Henderson Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings and valuation, JHG or SEIC?

SEI Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Janus Henderson Group. SEI Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Janus Henderson Group, 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
Janus Henderson Group	$2.47B	2.84	$408.90M	$2.66	16.95
SEI Investments	$2.21B	4.74	$581.19M	$5.33	15.87

Is JHG or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Janus Henderson Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Janus Henderson Group pays out 60.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 18.4% 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. Janus Henderson Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Is JHG or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 31.25% compared to Janus Henderson Group's net margin of 16.06%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 29.96% beat Janus Henderson Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Janus Henderson Group	16.06%	12.01%	7.96%
SEI Investments	31.25%	29.96%	26.10%

Does the media refer more to JHG or SEIC?

In the previous week, Janus Henderson Group had 2 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Janus Henderson Group and 15 mentions for SEI Investments. Janus Henderson Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.94 indicating that Janus Henderson Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Janus Henderson Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, JHG or SEIC?

Janus Henderson Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Janus Henderson Group beats SEI Investments on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.