Stocks · Financial Services · Asset Management
Cohen & Steers, Inc. CNS
$73.00 -0.16% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.75B
Next earnings report: Oct 15, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 112 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $599.1M, up 5.9% from a year earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.26, up 3.5% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 48%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 33%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginTop 23%
- Operating marginTop 21%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 39%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 40%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 37%
- 6-month returnTop 26%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 40%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 32%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 17%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 25%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 35%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.5% | 5.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -1.0% | 3.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 49.5% | 76.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 32.3% | 34.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -21.6% | 20.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.9% | 4.5% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.5% | -1.0% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| Gross margin | 76.6% | 49.5% | ↑ | Top 23% |
| Operating margin | 34.6% | 32.3% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Net margin | 28.1% | 28.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 20.6% | -21.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 18.2% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.3% | — | Bottom 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.76×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 11.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.33×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.53%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.46%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.99%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +0.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $88.00
- Target vs current price
- +20.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 31%
- Consensus rating
- Sell
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | -0.6% | +2.8% | +2.0% | +7.5% | — |
| Apr 16, 2026 | -2.5% | -2.4% | +3.2% | +9.9% | +15.6% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | +0.0% | -0.8% | -7.8% | -3.6% | -3.9% |
| Oct 16, 2025 | +4.5% | -1.1% | +3.4% | -0.5% | +2.6% |
| Jul 17, 2025 | -2.7% | -0.6% | -0.6% | +2.6% | -12.5% |
| Apr 16, 2025 | +4.2% | -1.1% | -0.6% | +9.7% | +3.2% |
| Jan 22, 2025 | -2.5% | -2.9% | +1.0% | -3.1% | -17.2% |
| Oct 16, 2024 | -1.3% | +3.0% | +5.3% | +4.1% | -13.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | $0.85 | $0.86 | -0.6% | $151.8M |
| Apr 16, 2026 | $0.79 | $0.81 | -2.5% | $144.3M |
| Jan 22, 2026 | $0.81 | $0.81 | +0.0% | $143.8M |
| Oct 16, 2025 | $0.81 | $0.78 | +4.5% | $141.7M |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $0.73 | $0.75 | -2.7% | $142.4M |
| Apr 16, 2025 | $0.75 | $0.72 | +4.2% | $139.8M |
| Jan 22, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.80 | -2.5% | $144.7M |
| Oct 16, 2024 | $0.77 | $0.78 | -1.3% | $138.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 22.4× | 22.9× | 43th | Bottom 39% |
| P/E (forward) | 20.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.7× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| EV / Sales | 6.39× | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.29% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| Earnings yield | 4.47% | — | — | Bottom 39% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.4× – 38.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +13.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +3.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +10.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 112
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.2%
- RSI (14)
- 35.6
- Relative volume
- 0.54×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 24.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 13th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.69
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2021 | Oct 25, 2023 | -49.6% | 494 days | 245 days (Oct 16, 2024) |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Nov 18, 2025 | -44.4% | 244 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Feb 25, 2021 | -18.3% | 53 days | 78 days (Jun 17, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.75B
- P/E (TTM)
- 22.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.26
- Revenue (TTM)
- $599.1M
- Dividend yield
- 3.60%
- 52-week range
- $58.39 – $86.56
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $583.8M | $573.7M | $489.6M | $517.4M | $567.8M |
| Gross profit | $312.5M | $282.0M | $235.3M | $242.3M | $326.5M |
| Operating income | $260.4M | $215.9M | $164.5M | $172.9M | $177.7M |
| Net income | $211.4M | $171.0M | $129.0M | $151.3M | $153.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.31 | $3.47 | $2.60 | $2.97 | $2.98 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $138.6M | $144.7M | $139.8M | $142.4M | $141.7M | $143.8M | $146.7M | $166.9M |
| Net income | $39.7M | $45.8M | $39.8M | $36.8M | $41.7M | $34.9M | $42.4M | $49.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.77 | $0.89 | $0.77 | $0.72 | $0.81 | $0.68 | $0.82 | $0.95 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $242.9M | $61.7M | $172.0M | $96.7M | -$120.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.7M | -$4.2M | -$57.0M | -$11.7M | -$6.0M |
| Free cash flow | $240.2M | $57.5M | $115.0M | $85.0M | -$126.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$147.6M | -$107.4M | -$112.4M | -$119.2M | -$126.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$21.6M | -$25.8M | -$20.5M | $47.4M | -$27.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $612.2M
- Total assets
- $901.0M
- Total liabilities
- $205.6M
- Total debt
- $134.4M
- Net debt
- $75.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $589.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.67 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.67 | May 21, 2026 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.67 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.62 | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.62 | Aug 21, 2025 |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.62 | May 22, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.62 | Mar 13, 2025 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $0.59 | Dec 2, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,536,637
- Days to cover
- 5.33
- Change vs previous report
- +30.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.