SEI Investments Q1 EPS Forecast Lifted by Zacks Research

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) – Analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of SEI Investments in a research report issued to clients and 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 previous 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. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $90.00 price objective (up previously from $86.00) on shares of SEI Investments in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Raymond James raised SEI Investments from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $99.00 target price on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Oppenheimer lifted their target price on SEI Investments from $85.00 to $94.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on SEI Investments from $77.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, December 23rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on SEI Investments from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $90.00.

SEI Investments Stock Down 2.4 %

NASDAQ SEIC opened at $80.25 on Friday. SEI Investments has a twelve month low of $62.38 and a twelve month high of $87.25. The company has a market cap of $10.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 0.98. The business’s fifty day moving average is $83.17 and its 200 day moving average is $76.65.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Boston Trust Walden Corp raised its position in shares of SEI Investments by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 1,306,329 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $107,746,000 after acquiring an additional 20,020 shares in the last quarter. Longboard Asset Management LP acquired a new position in SEI Investments during the 4th quarter worth approximately $267,000. CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp acquired a new position in SEI Investments during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,818,000. Lecap Asset Management Ltd. acquired a new position in SEI Investments during the 4th quarter worth approximately $480,000. Finally, Portfolio Design Labs LLC raised its stake in SEI Investments by 22.5% during the 4th quarter. Portfolio Design Labs LLC now owns 30,102 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $2,483,000 after buying an additional 5,522 shares during the period. 70.59% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at SEI Investments

In other news, Chairman Alfred P. West, Jr. sold 5,984 shares of SEI Investments stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.23, for a total value of $504,032.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 7,371,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $620,903,298.06. This trade represents a 0.08 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 171,194 shares of company stock valued at $14,579,872. Corporate insiders own 14.30% of the company’s stock.

SEI Investments Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 27th were given a $0.49 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 27th. This is a positive change 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 22.17%.

SEI Investments Company Profile

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.