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Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

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$99.65 -0.34 (-0.34%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

CNS vs. ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, AMG, MAIN, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, and OCSL

Should you be buying Cohen & Steers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers include Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), and Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Cohen & Steers vs.

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

Ares Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Ares Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Capital$2.61B5.39$1.52B$2.608.38
Cohen & Steers$515.43M9.77$129.05M$2.6837.18

Ares Capital received 171 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.35% of users gave Ares Capital an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ares CapitalOutperform Votes
409
62.35%
Underperform Votes
247
37.65%
Cohen & SteersOutperform Votes
238
54.71%
Underperform Votes
197
45.29%

Ares Capital has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Capital presently has a consensus price target of $21.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.31%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus price target of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.87%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Ares Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Cohen & Steers
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Ares Capital has a net margin of 53.71% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 27.23%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 32.75% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital53.71% 12.06% 5.74%
Cohen & Steers 27.23%32.75%19.43%

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 17 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ares Capital and 2 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Ares Capital's score of 1.15 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ares Capital pays out 73.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohen & Steers pays out 88.1% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Ares Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ares Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ares Capital and Cohen & Steers tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNS vs. The Competition

MetricCohen & SteersInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.06B$12.04B$10.56B$19.88B
Dividend Yield2.36%23.93%10.15%3.52%
P/E Ratio37.1833.8249.3442.94
Price / Sales9.775.173,447.9319.18
Price / Cash31.2119.4030.5017.86
Price / Book12.684.732.765.52
Net Income$129.05M$298.28M$995.76M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-1.06%-0.44%-0.07%0.45%
1 Month Performance-5.02%4.27%7.25%1.05%
1 Year Performance77.12%34.84%24.60%24.67%

Cohen & Steers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.6841 of 5 stars
$99.65
-0.3%
$106.50
+6.9%
+72.3%$5.06B$515.43M37.18390Ex-Dividend
Positive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
1.3418 of 5 stars
$21.79
-0.2%
$21.86
+0.3%
+10.4%$14.08B$2.61B8.382,550Options Volume
Positive News
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.611 of 5 stars
$21.64
+0.7%
$20.20
-6.6%
-10.6%$11.33B$8.48B25.1610,200
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.5129 of 5 stars
$79.91
+0.6%
$77.50
-3.0%
+37.1%$10.24B$1.92B19.305,089
IVZ
Invesco
4.3841 of 5 stars
$17.41
+0.8%
$18.63
+7.0%
+24.7%$7.82B$5.72B-18.928,500
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.4698 of 5 stars
$185.38
+1.2%
$196.50
+6.0%
+38.0%$5.53B$2.02B12.094,000Positive News
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.1572 of 5 stars
$53.09
-0.2%
$48.80
-8.1%
+29.9%$4.69B$567.16M9.62100High Trading Volume
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.2714 of 5 stars
$15.22
-2.0%
$16.50
+8.4%
+1.4%$2.66B$287.38M10.79N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PSEC
Prospect Capital
1.2871 of 5 stars
$4.59
-1.1%
$4.50
-2.0%
-21.0%$2.02B$861.66M0.002,019Insider Trade
Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
1.8362 of 5 stars
$235.75
+1.5%
$233.50
-1.0%
+19.0%$1.63B$845.27M9.31770
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
3.2766 of 5 stars
$15.68
+0.4%
$16.75
+6.8%
-21.1%$1.29B$379.29M18.02N/ADividend Announcement
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This page (NYSE:CNS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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