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Cohen & Steers, Inc.

$CNS·$4.3B·Asset Management·Financial Services
$80.67-2.5%YTD+34.4%1Y+13.0%
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CNCNS
$CNSCohen & Steers, Inc.
$80.67-2.49%2 posts0%
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AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-21

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Real-assets asset manager growing 17% — the tape is at 80% of range, riding the REIT/infrastructure recovery.

Cohen & Steers is a specialist asset manager focused on liquid real assets — REITs, infrastructure, natural-resource equities, and preferreds. The equity is a leveraged play on real-asset flows returning as rate expectations soften.

  • Q1 revenue grew 4.9% year-on-year to $147M and Q2 grew 17% to $167M — real acceleration driven by AUM appreciation plus modest net inflows.
  • Q2 EPS came in at $0.85 vs $0.855 consensus (in-line) — the pattern of the last four quarters was 2 beats, 1 miss, 1 in-line, so operating execution is delivering but not surprising.
  • Trades at ~28x trailing earnings — a premium asset-manager multiple that reflects the specific niche in real assets and the higher-fee mix.
  • Sits at the 80th percentile of the 52-week range and 16% above the 200-day trend — the tape has been running with the sector recovery, and the +34% year-to-date reflects both the multiple expansion and AUM growth.

What sustains the accelerating call is Oct 15 Q3 confirming continued net inflows alongside AUM appreciation. What invalidates it is a specific rate-hawkish surprise or a REIT-sector rollover; the whole model depends on real-asset flow direction continuing to be positive.

What to watch: Oct 15 Q3 earnings — AUM growth, net flows, and fee-rate stability. Watch REIT sector performance (Vanguard REIT ETF, VNQ) as the macro overlay.

On the calendar: 2026-10-15 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Asset manager specializing in real estate, infrastructure, and alternatives for pension funds and institutional clients.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Asset Management sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CNS.

Asset Management · Financial Services

Equity market strength is driving AUM growth through market appreciation more than net flows; fee compression continues in passive products while alternatives and private markets hold pricing. Rising markets mask organic flow dynamics — the structural story is the shift toward private asset exposure.

What this means for $CNS

Partial — REIT cash flows tied to occupancy, rent growth, and cap rate environment; Cohen & Steers, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$IAIiShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF
+5.0%YTD
+13.1%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
27.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
50.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
32.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-0.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
7.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
30.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
66.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 16, 2026$0.85$0.85-0.6%
Q1 2026Apr 16, 2026$0.79$0.81-2.5%
Q4 2025Jan 22, 2026$0.81$0.810.0%
Q3 2025Oct 16, 2025$0.81$0.78+4.5%
Next earningsThu, Oct 15·consensus EPS $0.89

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$166.9M+17.2%88.3%40.1%$0.96—
Q1 FY26$146.7M+4.9%85.3%34.9%$0.82$-51.4M
Q4 FY25$143.8M-0.6%82.1%28.0%$0.68$55.7M
Q3 FY25$141.7M+2.2%48.1%34.5%$0.81$52.6M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$617.3M$610.0M – $624.7M$3.45$3.38 – $3.521
FY27$689.9M$681.7M – $698.1M$3.89$3.85 – $3.921
FY28$605.7M$598.5M – $612.9M$3.63$3.57 – $3.691

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.79%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+15.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 27.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.8% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 20Elena DulikChief Accounting Officer, SVP1.1K sh$91KSellJun 16Daniel NoonanPresident4.4K sh$337KSellMay 26Jon CheighPresident10.5K sh$753K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 93
AI summary

Cohen & Steers newly appointed CFO Amit Muni filed a Form 3 initial ownership statement on June 8, 2026 (his effective appointment date), disclosing no securities beneficially owned at the time. Standard initial Section 16(a) disclosure for the new CFO of the liquid real assets investment management firm.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 218-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Cohen & Steers appointed Amit Muni as Executive Vice President and CFO effective June 8, 2026, succeeding Interim CFO Michael Donohue. Muni, age 57, brings asset management CFO experience from CI Financial and WisdomTree plus earlier roles at the International Securities Exchange and PricewaterhouseCoopers, strengthening financial leadership at the liquid real assets investment manager.

8-KShareholder voteMay 48-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
+ 64 other (53 13Gs · 2 13Fs · 2 N-PXs · 2 10-Qs) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Cohen & Steers and Trademark Acquire Oak Hill Plaza Shopping Center in Austin, Texasprnewswire.com·21h agoCohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (UTF) Notification of Sources of Distribution Under Section 19(a)prnewswire.com·4d agoCohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund, Inc. (FOF) Notification of Sources of Distribution Under Section 19(a)prnewswire.com·4d agoCohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc. (RQI) Notification of Sources of Distribution Under Section 19(a)prnewswire.com·4d agoCohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. (RFI) Notification of Sources of Distribution Under Section 19(a)prnewswire.com·4d ago

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