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Cohen & Steers, Inc. (CNS)

Financial Services | Asset Management | New York, United States | NYSE
82.73 USD +0.10 (0.121%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 82.81 +0.08 (0.097%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:48 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:16 a.m. EDT

CNS presents a compelling value trap scenario where strong fundamentals clash with a deteriorating price trend. The business is objectively healthy, boasting a 27% return on equity, robust free cash flow, and accelerating earnings growth, yet the stock has suffered a significant multi-year decline. This disconnect creates a high-yield environment with a 3.3% payout supported by a solid 79% payout ratio, making it attractive for income-focused investors who can stomach the volatility. However, the technical picture is murky; the stock is trading below its 50-day moving average despite being well above its 200-day line, creating a choppy consolidation zone. Options data confirms this hesitation, with traders buying deep protection against a drop while waiting for a catalyst to push prices higher. While the long-term thesis is sound given the superior fundamentals versus the depressed valuation, the lack of a clear upward momentum trend prevents a full conviction buy rating.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.080766
AutoETS0.111484
MSTL0.112617
AutoARIMA0.113683

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 56%
H-stat 3.68
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.274
Excess Kurtosis -0.91
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 19.326
Revenue per Share 11.369
Market Cap 4,254,103,552
Trailing P/E 25.46
Forward P/E 20.80
Beta 1.20
Profit Margins 28.82%
Website https://www.cohenandsteers.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:16 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put open interest at strikes significantly below current price (45, 50, 60), suggesting a fear of a sharp downside gap or a 'pin the price' scenario. Conversely, call activity is concentrated near the money and slightly out-of-the-money, indicating a belief that the stock will trade sideways or drift up rather than crash. The disparity between deep put volume and relatively light call volume suggests a hedging bias among holders rather than aggressive bullish speculation.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.82% 3.71% 3.35% 3.50%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-10 0.670 0.815581
2026-05-11 0.670 0.928621
2026-03-09 0.670 1.042802
2025-11-10 0.620 0.925926
2025-08-11 0.620 0.845262
2025-05-12 0.620 0.748160
2025-03-03 0.620 0.724299
2024-11-18 0.590 0.590650
2024-08-12 0.590 0.719337
2024-05-10 0.590 0.834276
2024-03-01 0.590 0.807666
2023-11-10 0.570 1.079137
2023-08-11 0.570 0.863898
2023-05-12 0.570 1.049724
2023-03-03 0.570 0.795090
2022-11-10 0.550 0.853375
2022-08-12 0.550 0.708215
2022-05-13 0.550 0.754769
2022-03-04 0.550 0.705038
2021-11-12 1.700 1.704261
2021-08-13 0.450 0.510378
2021-05-14 0.450 0.615764
2021-03-05 0.450 0.682956
2020-11-13 1.390 2.185191
2020-08-14 0.390 0.630354
2020-05-15 0.390 0.655462
2020-02-28 0.390 0.622506
2019-11-15 2.360 3.603604
2019-08-09 0.360 0.679758
2019-05-10 0.360 0.711041
2019-03-01 0.360 0.859599
2018-11-16 2.830 7.896205
2018-08-15 0.330 0.789852
2018-05-30 0.330 0.837989
2018-03-07 0.330 0.799612
2017-11-21 1.280 2.861614
2017-08-30 0.280 0.748463
2017-05-30 0.280 0.717949
2017-03-07 0.280 0.746468
2016-11-21 0.760 2.168950
2016-08-30 0.260 0.610472
2016-05-31 0.260 0.673750
2016-03-07 0.260 0.769231
2015-11-23 0.750 2.422481
2015-09-01 0.250 0.886839
2015-05-29 0.250 0.666667
2015-03-11 0.250 0.613497
2014-11-25 1.220 2.793680
2014-09-03 0.220 0.501253
2014-05-30 0.220 0.543344
2014-03-26 0.220 0.552486
2013-11-27 1.200 3.003003
2013-09-04 0.200 0.619963
2013-05-30 0.200 0.516129
2013-03-25 0.200 0.573559
2012-11-28 1.680 5.915493
2012-09-05 0.180 0.535236
2012-05-31 0.180 0.556414
2012-03-27 0.180 0.579524
2011-12-05 0.150 0.523013
2011-09-02 1.150 3.314121
2011-06-01 0.150 0.514756
2011-03-29 0.150 0.519570
2010-12-02 0.100 0.371195
2010-09-02 2.100 10.458167
2010-06-02 0.100 0.424809
2010-03-29 0.100 0.400481
2009-12-02 0.050 0.260010
2009-09-02 0.050 0.263019
2009-06-02 0.050 0.299401
2009-03-27 0.050 0.412201
2008-12-03 0.100 0.773994
2008-09-03 0.220 0.753167
2008-06-02 0.220 0.722733
2008-03-07 0.220 0.912863
2007-12-03 0.200 0.703235
2007-11-20 0.222 0.776224
2007-08-31 0.200 0.601866
2007-05-31 0.200 0.384689
2007-03-30 0.200 0.464253
2006-12-29 0.130 0.323625
2006-09-28 0.130 0.406123
2006-06-27 0.110 0.480979
2006-03-27 0.110 0.454170
2005-12-27 0.110 0.594273
2005-10-12 0.100 0.530786
2005-06-13 0.120 0.640342
2005-05-11 0.120 0.712166
2005-03-24 0.100 0.626174
2004-12-27 0.100 0.657030
2004-09-23 0.100 0.628141
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.68
dividendYield 3.24
exDividendDate 2026-08-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.58
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.031223526
lastDividendValue 0.67
lastDividendDate 2026-08-10
dividendDate 2026-08-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.15868342
Address1 1,166 Avenue of the Americas
Address2 30th Floor
All Time High 110.67
All Time Low 7.65
Ask 83.3
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 225,230
Average Daily Volume3 Month 279,400
Average Volume 279,400
Average Volume10Days 225,230
Beta 1.202
Bid 82.94
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 6
Book Value 11.463
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 82.73
Current Ratio 6.638
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 83.32
Day Low 81.4802
Debt To Equity 19.326
Display Name Cohen & Steers
Dividend Date 1,787,184,000
Dividend Rate 2.68
Dividend Yield 3.24
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,296,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,296,800
Earnings Growth 0.319
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.339
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,232,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,094,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,094,400
Ebitda 203,016,992
Ebitda Margins 0.3477
Enterprise To Ebitda 20.746
Enterprise To Revenue 7.213
Enterprise Value 4,211,877,376
Eps Current Year 3.53333
Eps Forward 3.97667
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.25
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 80.653
Fifty Day Average Change 2.0770035
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.02575234
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 15.868341
Fifty Two Week High 86.56
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.8299942
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0442467
Fifty Two Week Low 58.39
Fifty Two Week Low Change 24.340004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.41685227
Fifty Two Week Range 58.39 - 86.56
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,092,663,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.06
Float Shares 27,688,953
Forward Eps 3.97667
Forward P E 20.803839
Free Cashflow 156,940,496
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 424
Fullday Change 0.100006
Fullday Change Percent 0.121029
Fullday Price 82.81
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.47300997
Gross Profits 276,185,984
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.45801
Held Percent Institutions 0.57953
Implied Shares Outstanding 51,421,533
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Ir Website http://www.cohenandsteers.com/corporate_info.asp
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Last Dividend Value 0.67
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Cohen & Steers, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,254,103,552
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_9517028
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 168,300,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,248,961,271
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 83.13
Operating Cashflow 72,166,000
Operating Margins 0.34554002
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.7938
Peg Ratio 2.08
Phone 800 330 7348
Post Market Change 0.0799942
Post Market Change Percent 0.0966931
Post Market Price 82.81
Post Market Time 1,787,960,887
Previous Close 82.63
Price Eps Current Year 23.414175
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 7.2171335
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 7.285772
Profit Margins 0.28824
Quick Ratio 6.6
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.100006
Regular Market Change Percent 0.121029
Regular Market Day High 83.32
Regular Market Day Low 81.4802
Regular Market Day Range 81.4802 - 83.32
Regular Market Open 83.13
Regular Market Previous Close 82.63
Regular Market Price 82.73
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 136,828
Return On Assets 0.14536001
Return On Equity 0.27329
Revenue Growth 0.122
Revenue Per Share 11.369
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 51,421,533
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0226
Shares Short 1,161,114
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,344,466
Short Name Cohen & Steers Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.041100003
Short Ratio 4.36
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol CNS
Target High Price 88.0
Target Low Price 60.0
Target Mean Price 76.0
Target Median Price 80.0
Total Cash 282,608,992
Total Cash Per Share 5.496
Total Debt 134,390,000
Total Revenue 583,891,968
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.58
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.031223526
Trailing Eps 3.25
Trailing P E 25.455385
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.0826
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 69.90105
Two Hundred Day Average Change 12.828957
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.18353026
Type Disp Equity
Volume 136,828
Website https://www.cohenandsteers.com
Zip 10,036