Eaton Vance (EV) Competitors

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

Is EV or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Eaton Vance pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Eaton Vance pays out 45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 22.2% 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 33 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EV or SEIC?

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
Eaton Vance	$1.73B	1.67	$138.52M	$3.29	7.69
SEI Investments	$1.92B	5.48	$462.26M	$4.14	19.71

Does the media favor EV or SEIC?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 13 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for SEI Investments and 2 mentions for Eaton Vance. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Eaton Vance's score of 0.00 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eaton Vance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SEI Investments	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EV or SEIC?

SEI Investments received 115 more outperform votes than Eaton Vance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.98% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 35.47% of users gave Eaton Vance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eaton Vance	Outperform Votes 266 35.47%	Underperform Votes 484 64.53%
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 381 58.98%	Underperform Votes 265 41.02%

Is EV or SEIC 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
Eaton Vance	8.01%	29.84%	8.98%
SEI Investments	26.60%	24.29%	21.21%

Which has more risk and volatility, EV or SEIC?

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

Do analysts prefer EV or SEIC?

SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $77.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.01%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Eaton Vance.

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EV or SEIC?

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

Summary

SEI Investments beats Eaton Vance on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.