Head to Head Comparison: Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) versus Hpil (OTCMKTS:HPIL)

Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Hpil (OTCMKTS:HPIL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Cohen & Steers and Hpil’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cohen & Steers	29.73%	29.40%	19.73%
Hpil	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Cohen & Steers and Hpil, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cohen & Steers	1	1	1	0	2.00
Hpil	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cohen & Steers currently has a consensus price target of $72.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.19%. Given Cohen & Steers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cohen & Steers is more favorable than Hpil.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Hpil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cohen & Steers and Hpil”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cohen & Steers	$517.42 million	6.15	$151.26 million	$3.19	19.56
Hpil	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cohen & Steers has higher revenue and earnings than Hpil.

Risk and Volatility

Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hpil has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cohen & Steers beats Hpil on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cohen & Steers

Cohen & Steers, Inc. is a holding company, which operates as an investment manager specializing in liquid real assets, which include real estate securities, listed infrastructure, commodities, natural resource equities, preferred securities, and other income solutions. It manages investment vehicles, such as institutional accounts, open-end funds and closed-end funds. The company was founded by Martin Cohen and Robert Hamilton Steers in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

About Hpil

HPIL Holding, a development stage company, engages in developing technology projects in Canada. It also focuses on developing online and artificial intelligence games; and ZIPPA, a multi-gaming global platform for gamers, as well as powertrain management system. The company was formerly known as Cybernetic Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to HPIL Holding in August 2021. HPIL Holding was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.