Capital Southwest (CSWC) Competitors

Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Capital Southwest (NASDAQ:CSWC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is CNS or CSWC more profitable?

Capital Southwest has a net margin of 33.49% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 29.24%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 33.13% beat Capital Southwest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cohen & Steers	29.24%	33.13%	20.43%
Capital Southwest	33.49%	15.18%	7.37%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CNS or CSWC?

Cohen & Steers has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Southwest. Capital Southwest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, 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
Cohen & Steers	$536.76M	7.52	$151.26M	$2.97	26.66
Capital Southwest	$98.09M	11.50	$83.39M	$1.41	15.82

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CNS or CSWC?

51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of Capital Southwest shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Capital Southwest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CNS or CSWC?

Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Southwest has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CNS or CSWC a better dividend stock?

Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Cohen & Steers pays out 83.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital Southwest pays out 164.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend CNS or CSWC?

Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus target price of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.48%. Capital Southwest has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Cohen & Steers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Capital Southwest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cohen & Steers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Capital Southwest	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor CNS or CSWC?

In the previous week, Capital Southwest had 1 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Capital Southwest and 10 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Capital Southwest's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 1.02 indicating that Capital Southwest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cohen & Steers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Capital Southwest	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNS or CSWC?

Capital Southwest received 2 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.91% of users gave Capital Southwest an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cohen & Steers	Outperform Votes 238 54.71%	Underperform Votes 197 45.29%
Capital Southwest	Outperform Votes 240 60.91%	Underperform Votes 154 39.09%

Summary

Cohen & Steers beats Capital Southwest on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.