Zacks Research Predicts Higher Earnings for SEI Investments

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for SEI Investments in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the asset manager will post earnings per share of $1.29 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.26. The consensus estimate for SEI Investments’ current full-year earnings is $4.86 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for SEI Investments’ Q2 2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.25 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.91 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Oppenheimer raised their price target on SEI Investments from $85.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on SEI Investments from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on SEI Investments from $77.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, December 23rd. Raymond James raised SEI Investments from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $99.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $90.00 price objective (up from $86.00) on shares of SEI Investments in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $90.00.

SEI Investments Stock Down 0.7 %

NASDAQ SEIC opened at $82.24 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $83.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $76.44. SEI Investments has a twelve month low of $62.38 and a twelve month high of $87.25. The company has a market capitalization of $10.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.61, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.98.

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The asset manager reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.21 by ($0.02). SEI Investments had a net margin of 27.35% and a return on equity of 25.51%.

SEI Investments Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th were paid a $0.49 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 27th. This is a boost from SEI Investments’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.46. This represents a dividend yield of 1.1%. SEI Investments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 22.17%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Chairman Alfred P. West, Jr. sold 52,042 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.23, for a total value of $4,435,539.66. Following the sale, the chairman now directly owns 7,232,922 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $616,461,942.06. This trade represents a 0.71 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Insiders have sold 171,194 shares of company stock valued at $14,579,872 over the last ninety days. 14.30% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of SEI Investments

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. CoreFirst Bank & Trust bought a new stake in shares of SEI Investments in the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in SEI Investments by 53.7% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 452 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 158 shares during the period. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in SEI Investments by 101.3% in the third quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 461 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 232 shares during the period. Point72 DIFC Ltd purchased a new stake in SEI Investments in the third quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, Rialto Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in SEI Investments in the fourth quarter worth about $55,000. 70.59% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About SEI Investments

SEI Investments Company is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides wealth management, retirement and investment solutions, asset management, asset administration, investment processing outsourcing solutions, financial services, and investment advisory services to its clients.