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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
$22.29
+0.6%
$22.76
$19.32
$23.84
$15.26B13.74 million shs6.76 million shs
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
$19.29
+0.2%
$20.13
$18.74
$28.08
$10.13B1.424.19 million shs4.07 million shs
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
$80.62
+0.5%
$84.40
$64.13
$110.67
$4.11B1.55230,007 shs179,653 shs
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
$97.95
-0.7%
$106.68
$79.32
$114.67
$19.17B1.071.23 million shs1.28 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
+0.59%-0.09%-4.66%+1.83%+9.32%
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
+0.09%-3.58%-4.89%-4.91%-30.15%
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
+0.23%-0.60%-7.66%-12.70%+7.85%
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
-0.71%-3.59%-11.13%-4.44%+10.75%
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CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.2642 of 5 stars
2.43.01.70.03.40.01.3
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.1307 of 5 stars
1.82.04.22.92.32.51.9
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.8424 of 5 stars
3.32.02.52.62.02.50.0
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
4.1844 of 5 stars
3.13.02.50.03.62.52.5
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.82
Moderate Buy$22.942.90% Upside
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
1.64
Reduce$20.868.14% Upside
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.50
Moderate Buy$106.5032.11% Upside
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
2.15
Hold$113.5415.91% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CNS, NTRS, ARCC, and BEN Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
4/1/2025
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
Evercore ISI
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Lower Price TargetIn-Line ➝ In-Line$113.00 ➝ $104.00
3/28/2025
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
Wells Fargo & Company
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$119.00 ➝ $118.00
3/24/2025
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
Citigroup
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$110.00 ➝ $105.00
3/6/2025
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$138.00 ➝ $136.00
2/7/2025
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
Royal Bank of Canada
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$23.00 ➝ $24.00
2/7/2025
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$22.00 ➝ $23.00
2/6/2025
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
Wells Fargo & Company
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$24.00 ➝ $23.00
2/6/2025
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
Raymond James
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DowngradeOutperform ➝ Market Perform
2/3/2025
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$23.00 ➝ $24.50
2/3/2025
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetUnderweight ➝ Underweight$19.00 ➝ $22.00
2/3/2025
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
UBS Group
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$19.00 ➝ $23.00
(Data available from 4/2/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
$1.71B8.93$2.11 per share10.56$19.89 per share1.12
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
$8.74B1.16$3.22 per share5.99$25.32 per share0.76
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
$536.76M7.66$2.92 per share27.59$7.86 per share10.26
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
$8.29B2.31$8.29 per share11.82$60.05 per share1.63
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
$1.52B$2.459.1010.27N/A50.90%11.54%5.50%4/29/2025 (Estimated)
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
$464.80M$0.6529.687.972.314.32%9.45%3.87%5/5/2025 (Estimated)
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
$151.26M$2.9727.14N/A29.24%33.13%20.43%4/16/2025 (Estimated)
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
$2.03B$9.7810.0210.851.7212.77%13.74%1.03%4/22/2025 (Estimated)

Latest CNS, NTRS, ARCC, and BEN Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/22/2025N/A
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
$1.84N/AN/AN/A$1.95 billionN/A
4/16/2025N/A
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
$0.7380N/AN/AN/A$130.64 millionN/A
2/5/2025Q4 2024
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
$0.58$0.55-$0.03$0.55$785.38 millionN/A
1/31/2025Q1 2025
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
$0.56$0.59+$0.03$0.29$2.49 billionN/A
1/23/2025Q4 2024
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
$1.96$2.26+$0.30$2.26$1.93 billionN/A
1/22/2025Q4 2024
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
$0.80$0.78-$0.02$0.89$142.00 millionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
$1.928.61%+5.83%78.37%N/A
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
$1.286.63%+3.42%196.92%45 Years
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
$2.483.08%+9.45%83.50%16 Years
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
$3.003.06%+2.33%30.67%N/A

Latest CNS, NTRS, ARCC, and BEN Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
2/4/2025
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
quarterly$0.326.15%3/31/20253/31/20254/11/2025
1/22/2025
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
quarterly$0.752.7%3/14/20253/14/20254/1/2025
2/5/2025
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
quarterly$0.488.06%3/14/20253/14/20253/31/2025
2/20/2025
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
quarterly$0.622.87%3/3/20253/3/20253/13/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
1.03
1.21
1.21
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
0.89
1.66
1.66
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
N/A
3.14
3.14
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
0.58
0.68
0.71

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
27.38%
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
47.56%
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
51.47%
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
83.19%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
0.49%
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
22.90%
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
47.60%
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
0.77%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Ares Capital Co. stock logo
ARCC
Ares Capital
2,550684.48 million667.79 millionOptionable
Franklin Resources, Inc. stock logo
BEN
Franklin Resources
10,200525.29 million405.00 millionOptionable
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
39050.97 million26.49 millionOptionable
Northern Trust Co. stock logo
NTRS
Northern Trust
23,600195.70 million196.95 millionOptionable

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Ares Capital stock logo

Ares Capital NASDAQ:ARCC

$22.29 +0.13 (+0.59%)
Closing price 04/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$22.24 -0.05 (-0.22%)
As of 04/1/2025 07:58 PM Eastern
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Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.

Franklin Resources stock logo

Franklin Resources NYSE:BEN

$19.29 +0.04 (+0.22%)
Closing price 04/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$19.24 -0.05 (-0.27%)
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Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships. It launches equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds through its subsidiaries. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets. Franklin Resources, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Calgary, Canada; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Fort Lauderdale, United States; Hyderabad, India; London, United Kingdom; Rancho Cordova, United states; Shanghai, China; Singapore; Stamford, United States; and Vienna, Austria.

Cohen & Steers stock logo

Cohen & Steers NYSE:CNS

$80.61 +0.37 (+0.45%)
Closing price 04/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$80.68 +0.07 (+0.09%)
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Cohen & Steers, Inc. is a holding company which operates as an investment manager specializing in liquid real assets, which include real estate securities, listed infrastructure, commodities, natural resource equities, preferred securities, and other income solutions. It manages investment vehicles, such as institutional accounts, open-end funds and closed-end funds. The company was founded by Martin Cohen and Robert Hamilton Steers in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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Northern Trust NASDAQ:NTRS

$97.95 -0.70 (-0.71%)
Closing price 04/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$97.96 +0.01 (+0.01%)
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Northern Trust Corporation, a financial holding company, provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions for corporations, institutions, families, and individuals worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset Servicing and Wealth Management. The Asset Servicing segment offers asset servicing and related services, including custody, fund administration, investment operations outsourcing, investment management, investment risk and analytical services, employee benefit services, securities lending, foreign exchange, treasury management, brokerage services, transition management services, banking, and cash management services. This segment serves corporate and public retirement funds, foundations, endowments, fund managers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutional investors. The Wealth Management segment offers trust, investment management, custody, and philanthropic; financial consulting; guardianship and estate administration; family business consulting; family financial education; brokerage services; and private and business banking services. This segment serves high-net-worth individuals and families, business owners, executives, professionals, retirees, and established privately held businesses. The company also provides asset management services, such as active and passive equity; active and passive fixed income; cash management; muti-asset and alternative asset classes comprising private equity and hedge funds of funds; and multi-manager advisory services and products through separately managed accounts, bank common and collective funds, registered investment companies, exchange traded funds, non-U.S. collective investment funds, and unregistered private investment funds. In addition, it offers overlay and other risk management services. Northern Trust Corporation was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.