Cohen & Steers, Inc. CNS
What this company does
Written from the business description in COHEN & STEERS, INC.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 27 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +5.4% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +14.9%, earnings per share at +13.6%.
The share count fell from 0.05B to 0.05B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 29 cents of profit this year.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Operating income $B | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| EBITDA $B | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Income tax $B | · | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Net income $B | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | −0.0 |
| Free cash flow $B | −0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 2.97 | 2.97 | 2.60 | 3.47 | 4.31 | 1.57 | 2.79 | 2.40 | 1.96 | 2.00 | 1.41 | 1.65 | 1.51 | 1.49 | 1.23 | 1.07 | −0.04 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 2.48 | 2.36 | 2.28 | 2.20 | 3.05 | 2.56 | 3.44 | 3.82 | 2.12 | 1.54 | 1.50 | 1.88 | 1.80 | 2.22 | 1.60 | · | · |
| Payout % | 83 | 79 | 87 | 63 | 70 | 160 | 121 | 157 | 107 | 76 | 106 | 112 | 117 | 147 | 127 | 221 | −495 |
| ROE % | 28.5 | 33.9 | 35.9 | 57.7 | 98.5 | 39.5 | 61.7 | 45.7 | 34.0 | 37.4 | 28.1 | 33.4 | 31.0 | 29.6 | 23.4 | 19.9 | · |
| Shares out B | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 7 checks could not be computed.