Ameriprise Financial (AMP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial presently has a consensus target price of $517.86, indicating a potential downside of 4.64%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.05%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ameriprise Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, AMP or SEIC?

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AMP or SEIC?

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
Ameriprise Financial	$17.26B	3.00	$3.40B	$29.43	18.45
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.45	$581.19M	$4.60	20.24

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMP or SEIC?

84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AMP or SEIC?

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 10 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 21 mentions for SEI Investments. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.91 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ameriprise Financial	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AMP or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% 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. Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Is AMP or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 27.77% compared to Ameriprise Financial's net margin of 17.14%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 68.93% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ameriprise Financial	17.14%	68.93%	2.03%
SEI Investments	27.77%	26.40%	22.99%

Summary

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