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COHEN & STEERS, INC. CNS
COHEN & STEERS, INC. (CNS) earns a Piotroski F-score of 1/9 (weak financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 3.15% (safety: stretched). FY2025 revenue was $556.1M at a 27.6% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform (main) |
| 2025-10-20 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform (main) |
| 2025-10-09 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform (main) |
| 2025-10-02 | B of A Securities | Underperform (main) |
| 2025-09-05 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform (main) |
| 2025-07-21 | B of A Securities | Underperform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Finance, Insurance & Real Estate · percentile among 1129 companies
Percentile vs other Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 1/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNS | COHEN & STEERS, INC. | 1/9 | — | 26.3 | +7.5% |
| GCMG | GCM Grosvenor Inc. | 5/9 | — | 55 | +8.5% |
| AAMI | Acadian Asset Management Inc. | 4/9 | — | 32.2 | +11.5% |
| NOAH | NOAH HOLDINGS LTD | 6/9 | 10.78 | — | +4.7% |
| DBRG | DigitalBridge Group, Inc. | 4/9 | — | 20.9 | -38.3% |
| HLNE | Hamilton Lane INC | 4/9 | — | 17.3 | +6.5% |
| RPC | Ridgepost Capital, Inc. | 4/9 | — | 43.5 | +0.3% |
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About COHEN & STEERS, INC.
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. The firm is a leading global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, including real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. Cohen & Steers, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in New York.
FAQ
Is CNS financially healthy?
COHEN & STEERS, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 1/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does CNS pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. COHEN & STEERS, INC. pays a dividend yielding about 3.15% with a 82.8% payout ratio, rated “stretched” for safety.
How profitable is CNS?
In FY2025, COHEN & STEERS, INC. had a net margin of 27.6% and a return on equity of 25.1%.
Is CNS overvalued or undervalued?
COHEN & STEERS, INC. trades at about 28.6× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 15.7×–41.7×, median 21.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for CNS?
The average Wall-Street price target for COHEN & STEERS, INC. is $70.33, about 17.1% below the recent price, from 3 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is CNS a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on COHEN & STEERS, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 1/9, a P/E of about 26.3×, a dividend yield of 3.15%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.