CNS vs. TROW, VCTR, VRTS, APAM, BEN, BLK, BX, IVZ, JHG, and WD
Should you be buying Cohen & Steers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers include T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Victory Capital (VCTR), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Franklin Resources (BEN), BlackRock (BLK), Blackstone (BX), Invesco (IVZ), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), and Walker & Dunlop (WD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Cohen & Steers vs. Its Competitors
T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) 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 media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 29.82% compared to T. Rowe Price Group's net margin of 28.72%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 29.95% beat T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity.
T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. T. Rowe Price Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
T. Rowe Price Group presently has a consensus target price of $101.09, suggesting a potential downside of 4.06%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.26%. Given Cohen & Steers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.
T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohen & Steers pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. T. Rowe Price Group has raised its dividend for 39 consecutive years and Cohen & Steers has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 22 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 10 mentions for Cohen & Steers. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.74 indicating that T. Rowe Price Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
T. Rowe Price Group beats Cohen & Steers on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CNS) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
