Is Cohen and Steers (CNS) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Cohen and Steers's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 24.6, a forward P/E of about 20.4, a price-to-book of about 7.1 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

What is Cohen and Steers's revenue?

Cohen and Steers reported revenue of $556.1M for FY2025, with net profit of $153.2M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Cohen and Steers (CNS)?

Cohen and Steers last traded at $81.17 (-2.0% on the day), as of 8/19/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Cohen and Steers

CNS · NYSE · Financials · United States

Snapshot

TickerCNS

ExchangeNYSE

SectorFinancials

IndustryAsset Management

CountryUnited States

Employees424

HeadquartersNew York, United States

Websitewww.cohenandsteers.com

Filings tracked13

About Cohen and Steers

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.

Who owns it

Insiders45.8%
Institutions54.2%
Public & other0.0%

414 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.8.77%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC3.31%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC2.45%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.33%
State Street Corporation2.32%
Wasatch Advisors LP2.31%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.2.07%
Victory Capital Management Inc.1.87%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Over 3 years only 0.34× of reported profit became operating cash — the classic sign that headline earnings may be running ahead of the cash actually generated. Often explained by working capital funding growth; worth a closer look.

Cash conversion0.34×

Net margin trend26.4% → 27.6%

Margin has expanded by about 1.2 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity27.3%

Latest ROE of 27.3% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 7% · PAT 9%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $160.8M · EPS 0.93

Est. earnings growth +14.2%

Next fiscal year

Rev $677.0M · EPS 3.98

Est. earnings growth +12.6%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$556.1M

Net margin

27.6%

ROE

27.3%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+6.6%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+9.0%

EPS (FY2025)

2.97

Net profit (FY2025)

$153.2M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$556.1M	$153.2M	2.97	27.6%	27.3%
FY2024	$517.4M	$151.3M	2.97	29.2%	29.6%
FY2023	$489.6M	$129.0M	2.60	26.4%	33.9%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$152.7M	$49.3M	0.95	32.3%
2026Q1	$145.6M	$42.4M	0.82	29.1%
2025Q3	$141.7M	$41.7M	0.81	29.4%
2025Q2	$136.1M	$36.8M	0.72	27.1%
2025Q1	$134.5M	$39.8M	0.77	29.6%
2024Q3	$133.2M	$39.7M	0.77	29.8%
2024Q2	$121.7M	$31.8M	0.63	26.1%
2024Q1	$122.7M	$34.0M	0.68	27.7%
2023Q3	$123.7M	$32.1M	0.65	26.0%
2023Q2	$120.6M	$31.8M	0.64	26.3%
2023Q1	$126.1M	$35.3M	0.71	28.0%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/31/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/16/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC5/21/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/4/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/1/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/16/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/27/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC1/22/2026material

2025

10-Q filing
SEC10/31/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/16/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC9/15/2025material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC8/15/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/1/2025

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