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.
Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) and Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 32.71% compared to Affiliated Managers Group's net margin of 26.27%. Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity of 36.96% beat Cohen & Steers' return on equity.
Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Cohen & Steers has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Cohen & Steers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Affiliated Managers Group had 18 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group and 8 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Affiliated Managers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 0.58 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the news 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.
Affiliated Managers Group presently has a consensus target price of $173.80, indicating a potential upside of 10.79%. Cohen & Steers has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.29%. Given Cohen & Steers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Cohen & Steers.
Affiliated Managers Group received 398 more outperform votes than Cohen & Steers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.12% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 54.65% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote.
95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are owned by 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
Affiliated Managers Group beats Cohen & Steers on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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