Ameriprise Financial (AMP) Competitors

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SEIC or AMP?

Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, 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
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.10	$581.19M	$5.33	16.46
Ameriprise Financial	$17.26B	2.77	$3.40B	$32.14	15.76

Is SEIC or AMP a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. SEI Investments pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% 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. SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Is SEIC or AMP more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 31.25% compared to Ameriprise Financial's net margin of 18.30%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	31.25%	29.96%	26.10%
Ameriprise Financial	18.30%	65.90%	2.02%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SEIC or AMP?

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, SEIC or AMP?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SEIC or AMP?

SEI Investments currently has a consensus price target of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.28%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus price target of $534.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.54%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Ameriprise Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Does the media refer more to SEIC or AMP?

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 11 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 14 mentions for SEI Investments. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat SEI Investments' score of 1.21 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameriprise Financial	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SEI Investments and Ameriprise Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.