CNS vs. AMG, VRTS, IVZ, BEN, MC, VCTR, APAM, AB, STEP, and FHI
Should you be buying Cohen & Steers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohen & Steers include Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Invesco (IVZ), Franklin Resources (BEN), Moelis & Company (MC), Victory Capital (VCTR), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), AllianceBernstein (AB), StepStone Group (STEP), and Federated Hermes (FHI). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Affiliated Managers Group received 396 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.06% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Affiliated Managers Group had 8 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group and 7 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Affiliated Managers Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Affiliated Managers Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Affiliated Managers 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.
51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by institutional investors. 47.0% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.00%. Affiliated Managers Group has a consensus target price of $171.20, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Cohen & Steers.
Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cohen & Steers pays out 91.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 32.71% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 26.27%. Cohen & Steers' return on equity of 36.96% beat Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity.
Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Affiliated Managers Group beats Cohen & Steers on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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