Capital Southwest (CSWC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNS or CSWC?

Capital Southwest received 2 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% 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 61.38%	Underperform Votes 151 38.62%

Do insiders and institutionals 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 more risk & volatility, CNS or CSWC?

Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Southwest has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	$517.42M	8.43	$151.26M	$2.97	29.04
Capital Southwest	$178.13M	6.60	$83.39M	$1.41	16.50

Is CNS or CSWC a better dividend stock?

Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Capital Southwest pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Cohen & Steers pays out 79.5% 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 15 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer CNS or CSWC?

In the previous week, Capital Southwest had 1 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Capital Southwest and 8 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Capital Southwest's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.76 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Capital Southwest	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CNS or CSWC?

Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus price target of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.47%. Capital Southwest has a consensus price target of $25.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.56%. Given Cohen & Steers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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

Summary

Cohen & Steers beats Capital Southwest on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.