How to buy Cohen-and-Steers stock | $72.71

Cohen & Steers, Inc is an asset management business based in the US. Cohen-and-Steers shares (CNS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Cohen-and-Steers employs 328 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$420.9 million.

How to buy shares in Cohen-and-Steers

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3. Search for Cohen-and-Steers. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CNS. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Cohen-and-Steers reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$72.71, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Cohen-and-Steers, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Cohen-and-Steers. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Cohen-and-Steers share price

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Cohen-and-Steers shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$72.71
52-week range	USD$32.3468 - USD$78.82
50-day moving average	USD$71.1765
200-day moving average	USD$64.2766
Wall St. target price	USD$78.33
PE ratio	30.2058
Dividend yield	USD$1.56 (2.13%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.43

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Cohen-and-Steers price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $72.71 from 2021-01-11

1 week (2021-01-15)	-1.25%
1 month (2020-12-22)	-1.18%
3 months (2020-10-22)	25.82%
6 months (2020-07-22)	6.15%

1 year (2020-01-22)	8.46%
2 years (2019-01-22)	97.80%
3 years (2018-01-22)	65.51%
5 years (2016-01-22)	150.12%

Is Cohen-and-Steers under- or over-valued?

Valuing Cohen-and-Steers stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Cohen-and-Steers's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Cohen-and-Steers's P/E ratio

Cohen-and-Steers's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 30x. In other words, Cohen-and-Steers shares trade at around 30x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Cohen-and-Steers's PEG ratio

Cohen-and-Steers's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 7.294. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Cohen-and-Steers's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Cohen-and-Steers's EBITDA

Cohen-and-Steers's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$159.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Cohen-and-Steers's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Cohen-and-Steers financials

Revenue TTM	USD$420.9 million
Operating margin TTM	36.83%
Gross profit TTM	USD$212.2 million
Return on assets TTM	22.61%
Return on equity TTM	36.59%
Profit margin	27.97%
Book value	$4.934
Market capitalisation	USD$3.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Cohen-and-Steers shares

There are currently 549,425 Cohen-and-Steers shares held short by investors – that's known as Cohen-and-Steers's "short interest". This figure is 31.3% up from 418,454 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Cohen-and-Steers shares can be evaluated.

Cohen-and-Steers's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Cohen-and-Steers's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Cohen-and-Steers shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Cohen-and-Steers shares traded daily (recently around 136672.88557214). Cohen-and-Steers's SIR currently stands at 4.02. In other words for every 100,000 Cohen-and-Steers shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4020 shares are currently held short.

However Cohen-and-Steers's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Cohen-and-Steers shares, or, against the total number of tradable Cohen-and-Steers shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Cohen-and-Steers's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Cohen-and-Steers shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0227% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Cohen-and-Steers shares, roughly 23 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Cohen-and-Steers.

Find out more about how you can short Cohen-and-Steers stock.

Cohen-and-Steers share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 99.25% of net profits

Recently Cohen-and-Steers has paid out, on average, around 99.25% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.13% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Cohen-and-Steers shareholders could enjoy a 2.13% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Cohen-and-Steers's case, that would currently equate to about $1.56 per share.

Cohen-and-Steers's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Cohen-and-Steers's most recent dividend payout was on 1 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Cohen-and-Steers share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Cohen-and-Steers's shares have ranged in value from as little as $32.3468 up to $78.82. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Cohen-and-Steers's is 1.3234. This would suggest that Cohen-and-Steers's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Cohen-and-Steers overview

Cohen & Steers, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to institutional investors, including pension funds, endowments, and foundations. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and commodity portfolios through its subsidiaries. The firm launches and manages equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds through its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, it also launches and manages hedge funds. The firm invests in public equity, fixed income, and commodity markets across the globe through its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, it invests in companies operating in the real estate sector, including real estate investment trusts, infrastructure sector, and natural energy resources sector for its equity and fixed income investments. The firm also invests in preferred securities for its fixed income investments through its subsidiaries. Cohen & Steers, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in New York, with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Central, Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; and Seattle, Washington.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Cohen-and-Steers is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 50.337% of Cohen-and-Steers shares are held by insiders and 45.908% by institutions.

• How many people work for Cohen-and-Steers?

  Latest data suggests 328 work at Cohen-and-Steers.

• When does the fiscal year end for Cohen-and-Steers?

  Cohen-and-Steers's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Cohen-and-Steers based?

  Cohen-and-Steers's address is: 280 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 10017

• What is Cohen-and-Steers's ISIN number?

  Cohen-and-Steers's international securities identification number is: US19247A1007

• What is Cohen-and-Steers's CUSIP number?

  Cohen-and-Steers's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 19247A100