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Cohen & Steers, Inc.

FinancialsBanks & Brokers
Ticker CNSNEW YORK, NYFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $11.72Diluted shares 51.9M

Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) is a global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income for institutional and individual investors. Its strategies cover listed and private real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, natural resource equities, commodities and multi-strategy portfolios.… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Cohen & Steers, Inc. reported revenue of $599.60M, up 8.6% from a year earlier, and net income of $168.32M. Its pre-tax margin was 32.4%. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $556.12M, up 7.5% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $157.40M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$556.12MFY2025
+7.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $599.60M
31.96%FY2025
−1.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 32.40%
$157.40MFY2025
−3.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $168.32M
27.27%FY2025
−2.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 27.78%
Cash & financing
$-120.44MFY2025
−224.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $37.94M
$-126.42MFY2025
−248.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $35.76M
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51.5MFY2025
+1.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 51.9M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Cohen & Steers, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) is a global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income for institutional and individual investors. Its strategies cover listed and private real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, natural resource equities, commodities and multi-strategy portfolios. The firm manages investments through open-end funds, institutional accounts and closed-end funds, and also provides model portfolios. Its clients include sovereign wealth funds, pension and retirement plans, insurers, endowments, foundations, investment consultants and wealth-channel investors reached through banks, broker-dealers, registered investment advisers and other intermediaries. Revenue comes primarily from advisory, administration, distribution and service fees on managed assets. Cohen & Steers was founded in 1986 and operates through subsidiaries, with offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia. As of December 31, 2025, it had 424 full-time employees, including 88 investment professionals. In 2025, it launched actively managed ETFs covering real estate securities, preferred securities and natural resource equities, followed by listed infrastructure and short-duration preferred securities strategies. Its website is www.cohenandsteers.com.

Company details
Sector
Financials
Industry (SIC)
Banks & Brokers
Headquarters
NEW YORK, NY
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1284812
SIC
6282

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-59.96M$119.92M$299.80M$479.68M$659.56M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Cohen & Steers, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

289
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$1.09B
held by funds, at market
28.6%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Cohen & Steers, Inc.’s weight in each

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.11%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.07%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
1.00%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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