CNS COHEN & STEERS, INC.
Last updated: Mar 16, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $0M, Q1 2025: $19M, Q3 2024: $0M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $7M (-99%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Buyback $20M / FCF $10M = 188% of FCF
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 24,285 shares = 0.0% of 50,574,641 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
24 open-market purchases by 2 insiders
- COHEN MARTIN () bought 12,708 shares at $60.83 on 2025-11-20
- STEERS ROBERT HAMILTON (Executive Chairman) bought 19,000 shares at $59.88 on 2025-11-19
- STEERS ROBERT HAMILTON (Executive Chairman) bought 6,000 shares at $59.86 on 2025-11-19
- COHEN MARTIN () bought 22,633 shares at $59.50 on 2025-11-19
- COHEN MARTIN () bought 14,659 shares at $59.91 on 2025-11-19
- COHEN MARTIN () bought 50,000 shares at $59.69 on 2025-11-18
- STEERS ROBERT HAMILTON (Executive Chairman) bought 19,329 shares at $67.61 on 2025-11-05
- STEERS ROBERT HAMILTON (Executive Chairman) bought 27,292 shares at $67.95 on 2025-11-04
- STEERS ROBERT HAMILTON (Executive Chairman) bought 642 shares at $68.39 on 2025-11-04
- STEERS ROBERT HAMILTON (Executive Chairman) bought 14,975 shares at $67.96 on 2025-11-04
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $17M, sold $1M (net buying)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
No buyback-insider divergence detected