Cohen & Steers (CNS) Competitors

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

Is ARCC or CNS more profitable?

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 Capital	53.71%	12.06%	5.74%
Cohen & Steers	27.23%	32.75%	19.43%

Which has more risk & volatility, ARCC or CNS?

Ares Capital has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ARCC or CNS?

Ares Capital presently has a consensus target price of $22.29, indicating a potential upside of 4.24%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus target price of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.15%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher probable 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Cohen & Steers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ARCC or CNS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ares Capital	$1.76B	7.85	$1.52B	$2.60	8.22
Cohen & Steers	$515.43M	9.07	$129.05M	$2.68	34.51

Is ARCC or CNS a better dividend stock?

Ares Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Ares Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor ARCC or CNS?

In the previous week, Cohen & Steers had 8 more articles in the media than Ares Capital. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cohen & Steers and 8 mentions for Ares Capital. Ares Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.59 indicating that Ares Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ares Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cohen & Steers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ARCC or CNS?

27.4% of Ares Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ares Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARCC or CNS?

Ares Capital received 173 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.46% of users gave Ares Capital an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Capital	Outperform Votes 411 62.46%	Underperform Votes 247 37.54%
Cohen & Steers	Outperform Votes 238 54.71%	Underperform Votes 197 45.29%

Summary

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