Cohen & Steers, Inc.
CNS NYSE Investment Advice Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Cohen & Steers, Inc. does
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- Legal name
- COHEN & STEERS, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 27, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001284812-26-000011
0001284812
Revenue and margins
Cohen & Steers, Inc. had $556M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 7.5% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 4.5% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β$126M in fiscal 2025, β22.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Cohen & Steers, Inc. returned $155M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 1.2%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Cohen & Steers, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $184M | $247M | $187M | $183M | $145M |
| Total assets | $493M | $673M | $737M | $812M | $877M |
| Total liabilities | $148M | $246M | $244M | $237M | $243M |
| Shareholders' equity | $255M | $338M | $381M | $512M | $562M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 |
| Accruals ratio | β6.6% | 7.4% | 9.3% | β1.5% | β3.4% | β7.5% | 18.8% | β6.1% | 7.0% | 32.4% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $350M | $379M | $381M | $411M | $428M | $584M | $567M | $490M | $517M | $556M |
| Operating income | $136M | $155M | $147M | $160M | $95.1M | $260M | $216M | $164M | $173M | $178M |
| Pretax income | $143M | $160M | $144M | $188M | $93.4M | $282M | $197M | $180M | $210M | $205M |
| Income tax | $50.6M | $67.9M | $34.3M | $40.6M | $18.2M | $55.8M | $47.4M | $43.6M | $46.7M | β |
| Net income | $92.9M | $91.9M | $114M | $135M | $76.6M | $211M | $171M | $129M | $151M | $153M |
| Diluted EPS | $2.00 | $1.96 | $2.40 | $2.79 | $1.57 | $4.31 | $3.47 | $2.60 | $2.97 | $2.97 |
| Diluted shares | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $115M | $64.3M | $72.6M | $141M | $89.2M | $243M | $61.7M | $172M | $96.7M | β$120M |
| Capital expenditure | $10.2M | $3.2M | $3.5M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.7M | $4.2M | $57.0M | $11.7M | $6.0M |
| Free cash flow | $105M | $61.0M | $69.1M | $139M | $86.7M | $240M | $57.5M | $115M | $85.0M | β$126M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $4.2M | $4.2M | $4.4M | $4.4M | $4.7M | $4.1M | $4.4M | $4.1M | $9.3M | $9.8M |
| Stock-based compensation | $22.1M | $22.4M | $24.6M | $27.8M | $29.3M | $40.5M | $49.4M | $44.5M | $52.3M | $46.0M |
| Share buybacks | $8.0M | $9.1M | $10.6M | $10.4M | $25.9M | $22.6M | $26.8M | $21.5M | $21.1M | $28.4M |
| Dividends paid | $70.8M | $98.3M | $179M | $163M | $122M | $148M | $107M | $112M | $119M | $127M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $78.9M | $107M | $189M | $173M | $148M | $170M | $134M | $134M | $140M | $155M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $183M | $193M | $92.7M | $101M | $41.2M | $184M | $247M | $187M | $183M | $145M |
| Property and equipment, net | $16.0M | $15.0M | $14.1M | $12.5M | $10.3M | $8.9M | $8.8M | $66.3M | $68.6M | $65.1M |
| Goodwill | $17.7M | $19.0M | $18.5M | $18.3M | $19.2M | $18.4M | $17.8M | $18.1M | $17.5M | $18.8M |
| Intangible assets | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Total assets | $334M | $410M | $481M | $402M | $348M | $493M | $673M | $737M | $812M | $877M |
| Total liabilities | $67.1M | $86.8M | $144M | $135M | $124M | $148M | $246M | $244M | $237M | $243M |
| Shareholders' equity | $266M | $276M | $223M | $214M | $174M | $255M | $338M | $381M | $512M | $562M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | 38.7% | 40.9% | 38.6% | 39.0% | 22.2% | 44.6% | 38.1% | 33.6% | 33.4% | 32.0% |
| EBITDA margin | 39.9% | 42.0% | 39.7% | 40.0% | 23.3% | 45.3% | 38.9% | 34.4% | 35.2% | 33.7% |
| Net margin | 26.6% | 24.3% | 29.9% | 32.8% | 17.9% | 36.2% | 30.2% | 26.4% | 29.2% | 27.6% |
| FCF margin | 29.9% | 16.1% | 18.1% | 33.8% | 20.3% | 41.1% | 10.1% | 23.5% | 16.4% | β22.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 35.0% | 34.0% | 45.7% | 61.7% | 39.5% | 98.5% | 57.7% | 35.9% | 33.9% | 28.5% |
| Return on assets | 27.8% | 24.7% | 25.6% | 30.5% | 20.4% | 50.3% | 29.3% | 18.3% | 19.5% | 18.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 37.7% | 36.0% | 56.1% | 68.9% | 49.4% | 89.3% | 53.5% | 35.5% | 30.6% | 28.2% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 8.2% | 0.6% | 7.8% | 4.1% | 36.6% | β2.9% | β13.6% | 5.7% | 7.5% |
| Net income growth | β | β1.1% | 23.9% | 18.2% | β43.1% | 176.0% | β19.1% | β24.6% | 17.2% | 1.3% |
| EPS growth | β | β2.0% | 22.4% | 16.3% | β43.7% | 174.5% | β19.5% | β25.1% | 14.2% | 0.0% |
| FCF growth | β | β41.8% | 13.3% | 100.6% | β37.5% | 177.1% | β76.1% | 100.1% | β26.0% | β248.7% |
| Share count change | β | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 2.8% | 1.2% |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 2.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 11.6% | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 6.3% | 5.9% | 6.5% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 9.1% | 10.1% | 8.3% |
| Payouts / FCF | 75.3% | 176.1% | 274.1% | 124.8% | 171.2% | 70.8% | 233.5% | 116.5% | 165.0% | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Accruals ratio | β6.6% | 7.4% | 9.3% | β1.5% | β3.4% | β7.5% | 18.8% | β6.1% | 7.0% | 32.4% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001284812). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.