How to buy SEI Investments Company stock | $57.47

SEI Investments Company is an asset management business based in the US. SEI Investments Company shares (SEIC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. SEI Investments Company employs 3,724 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.7 billion.

How to buy shares in SEI Investments Company

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for SEI Investments Company. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SEIC. 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 SEI Investments Company 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$57.47, 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 SEI Investments Company, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of SEI Investments Company. 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.

SEI Investments Company share price

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SEI Investments Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-28.

Latest market close	USD$57.47
52-week range	USD$34.9526 - USD$68.7204
50-day moving average	USD$55.6439
200-day moving average	USD$53.7756
Wall St. target price	USD$66.25
PE ratio	19.0446
Dividend yield	USD$0.74 (1.31%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.983

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SEI Investments Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $57.47 from 2020-12-31

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1 month (2020-12-15)	1.59%
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Is SEI Investments Company under- or over-valued?

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

SEI Investments Company's P/E ratio

SEI Investments Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, SEI Investments Company shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

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

SEI Investments Company's PEG ratio

SEI Investments Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.7219. 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 SEI Investments Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

SEI Investments Company's EBITDA

SEI Investments Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$471.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a SEI Investments Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

SEI Investments Company financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	26.29%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.3 billion
Return on assets TTM	13.25%
Return on equity TTM	26.23%
Profit margin	27.06%
Book value	$11.969
Market capitalisation	USD$8.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting SEI Investments Company shares

There are currently 1.3 million SEI Investments Company shares held short by investors – that's known as SEI Investments Company's "short interest". This figure is 4.4% down from 1.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting SEI Investments Company shares can be evaluated.

SEI Investments Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

SEI Investments Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of SEI Investments Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of SEI Investments Company shares traded daily (recently around 615238.57142857). SEI Investments Company's SIR currently stands at 2.1. In other words for every 100,000 SEI Investments Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2100 shares are currently held short.

However SEI Investments Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of SEI Investments Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable SEI Investments Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case SEI Investments Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 SEI Investments Company shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0127% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable SEI Investments Company shares, roughly 13 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 SEI Investments Company.

Find out more about how you can short SEI Investments Company stock.

SEI Investments Company's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like SEI Investments Company.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

SEI Investments Company's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 28.43

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and SEI Investments Company's overall score of 28.43 (as at 01/01/2019) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 46th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like SEI Investments Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

SEI Investments Company's environmental score

Environmental score: 3.16/100

SEI Investments Company's environmental score of 3.16 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that SEI Investments Company is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

SEI Investments Company's social score

Social score: 14.91/100

SEI Investments Company's social score of 14.91 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that SEI Investments Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

SEI Investments Company's governance score

Governance score: 11.85/100

SEI Investments Company's governance score puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that SEI Investments Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

SEI Investments Company's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. SEI Investments Company scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that SEI Investments Company has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

SEI Investments Company was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	28.43
Total ESG percentile	46.46
Environmental score	3.16
Environmental score percentile	3
Social score	14.91
Social score percentile	3
Governance score	11.85
Governance score percentile	3
Level of controversy	1

SEI Investments Company share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 24.08% of net profits

Recently SEI Investments Company has paid out, on average, around 24.08% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.31% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), SEI Investments Company shareholders could enjoy a 1.31% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In SEI Investments Company's case, that would currently equate to about $0.74 per share.

While SEI Investments Company's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that SEI Investments Company is investing more in its future growth.

SEI Investments Company's most recent dividend payout was on 7 January 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 18 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have SEI Investments Company's shares ever split?

SEI Investments Company's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 22 June 2007. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your SEI Investments Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for SEI Investments Company shares which in turn could have impacted SEI Investments Company's share price.

SEI Investments Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, SEI Investments Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $34.9526 up to $68.7204. 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 (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while SEI Investments Company's is 1.1874. This would suggest that SEI Investments Company's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

SEI Investments Company overview

SEI Investments Company is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides wealth management, retirement and investment solutions, asset management, asset administration, investment processing outsourcing solutions, financial services, and investment advisory services to its clients. It provides its services to private banks, independent financial advisers, institutional investors, investment managers, investment advisors, wealth management organizations, corporations, retirement scheme sponsors, not-for-profit organizations, hedge fund managers, registered investment advisers, independent broker-dealers, financial planners, life insurance agents, defined-benefit schemes, defined-contribution schemes, endowments, foundations, and board-designated fund, through its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, the firm manages separate client-focused portfolios. It also launches and manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds, through its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, the firm invests in public equity and fixed income markets. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a focus on top-down and bottom-up analysis to make its investments, through its subsidiaries. SEI Investments Company was founded in 1968 and is based in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of SEI Investments Company is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 16.674% of SEI Investments Company shares are held by insiders and 71.236% by institutions.

• How many people work for SEI Investments Company?

  Latest data suggests 3,724 work at SEI Investments Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for SEI Investments Company?

  SEI Investments Company's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is SEI Investments Company based?

  SEI Investments Company's address is: 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA, United States, 19456

• What is SEI Investments Company's ISIN number?

  SEI Investments Company's international securities identification number is: US7841171033

• What is SEI Investments Company's CUSIP number?

  SEI Investments Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 784117103