Eaton Vance (EV) Competitors

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and Eaton Vance (NYSE:EV) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, SEIC or EV?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton Vance has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SEIC or EV?

SEI Investments received 116 more outperform votes than Eaton Vance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.77% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 35.19% of users gave Eaton Vance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 382 58.77%	Underperform Votes 268 41.23%
Eaton Vance	Outperform Votes 266 35.19%	Underperform Votes 490 64.81%

Is SEIC or EV more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 26.60% compared to Eaton Vance's net margin of 8.01%. Eaton Vance's return on equity of 29.84% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	26.60%	24.29%	21.21%
Eaton Vance	8.01%	29.84%	8.98%

Is SEIC or EV a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Eaton Vance pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. SEI Investments pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eaton Vance pays out 45.6% 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. SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SEIC or EV?

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Eaton Vance shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer SEIC or EV?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 8 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SEI Investments and 1 mentions for Eaton Vance. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Eaton Vance's score of 0.00 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eaton Vance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer SEIC or EV?

SEI Investments currently has a consensus target price of $86.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.92%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Eaton Vance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Eaton Vance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, SEIC or EV?

SEI Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance 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
SEI Investments	$1.92B	5.61	$462.26M	$4.14	20.16
Eaton Vance	$1.73B	1.60	$138.52M	$3.29	7.38

Summary

SEI Investments beats Eaton Vance on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.