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Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

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

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), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), and Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Ares Capital had 11 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ares Capital and 14 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Ares Capital's score of 0.60 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cohen & Steers
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 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 9.3%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ares Capital pays out 78.4% 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 pays out 81.0% 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 16 consecutive years. Ares Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Ares Capital has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Capital currently has a consensus price target of $22.61, suggesting a potential upside of 9.04%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus price target of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.01%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Cohen & Steers
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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$1.71B8.31$1.52B$2.458.46
Cohen & Steers$553.52M6.85$151.26M$3.0624.30

Ares Capital received 178 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Ares Capital an outperform vote while only 54.82% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ares CapitalOutperform Votes
417
62.52%
Underperform Votes
250
37.48%
Cohen & SteersOutperform Votes
239
54.82%
Underperform Votes
197
45.18%

Ares Capital has a net margin of 50.90% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 29.24%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 33.13% beat Ares Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Capital50.90% 11.54% 5.50%
Cohen & Steers 29.24%33.13%20.43%

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ares Capital beats Cohen & Steers on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CNS vs. The Competition

MetricCohen & SteersInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.79B$10.05B$11.02B$18.66B
Dividend Yield3.36%24.82%5.93%4.16%
P/E Ratio25.0435.1021.9631.63
Price / Sales6.857.4325.6727.49
Price / Cash27.5917.7117.6017.53
Price / Book9.463.502.614.36
Net Income$151.26M$411.75M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.02%1.61%1.77%1.58%
1 Month Performance-8.10%-6.89%-2.77%-7.33%
1 Year Performance5.02%-0.73%535.34%1.81%

Cohen & Steers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.893 of 5 stars
$76.85
+3.5%
$90.00
+17.1%
+3.9%$3.92B$553.52M25.87390
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.6464 of 5 stars
$19.90
-2.5%
$22.61
+13.6%
0.0%$13.62B$1.71B8.122,550Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
BEN
Franklin Resources
3.8832 of 5 stars
$17.36
-1.4%
$18.96
+9.2%
-27.4%$9.12B$8.74B26.719,800
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.7722 of 5 stars
$69.67
-2.8%
$86.80
+24.6%
+9.0%$8.84B$2.13B15.764,840Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
IVZ
Invesco
4.9148 of 5 stars
$12.43
-2.9%
$17.03
+37.0%
-7.4%$5.56B$6.07B10.538,610Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.4717 of 5 stars
$52.00
-2.4%
$52.60
+1.2%
+10.1%$4.61B$601.25M9.4290
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.487 of 5 stars
$153.61
-1.6%
$192.40
+25.3%
-1.8%$4.42B$2.04B10.173,950Short Interest ↓
Positive News
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
1.6012 of 5 stars
$13.85
-2.0%
$15.83
+14.3%
-16.7%$3.68B$309.01M10.04N/APositive News
PSEC
Prospect Capital
1.4996 of 5 stars
$3.49
-2.0%
$4.50
+28.9%
-33.7%$1.56B$101.04M-17.452,019Positive News
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.2778 of 5 stars
$14.08
-1.9%
$16.42
+16.6%
-26.6%$1.16B$48.88M21.02N/AUpcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
3.0409 of 5 stars
$142.95
-4.0%
$179.00
+25.2%
-34.2%$990.79M$902.82M8.46770Upcoming Earnings

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