Capital Southwest (CSWC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CSWC or CNS?

Capital Southwest received 1 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave Capital Southwest an outperform vote while only 54.82% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Southwest	Outperform Votes 240 60.45%	Underperform Votes 157 39.55%
Cohen & Steers	Outperform Votes 239 54.82%	Underperform Votes 197 45.18%

Is CSWC or CNS 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
Capital Southwest	33.49%	15.18%	7.37%
Cohen & Steers	29.24%	33.13%	20.43%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CSWC or CNS?

23.4% of Capital Southwest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Capital Southwest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CSWC or CNS?

Capital Southwest presently has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.33%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.98%. 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
Capital Southwest	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cohen & Steers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to CSWC or CNS?

In the previous week, Cohen & Steers had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Southwest. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cohen & Steers and 15 mentions for Capital Southwest. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Capital Southwest's score of 0.20 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital Southwest	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cohen & Steers	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CSWC or CNS?

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
Capital Southwest	$98.09M	10.15	$83.39M	$1.41	13.96
Cohen & Steers	$536.76M	7.06	$151.26M	$2.97	25.05

Is CSWC or CNS a better dividend stock?

Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 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. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, CSWC or CNS?

Capital Southwest has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cohen & Steers beats Capital Southwest on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.