Q2 EPS Estimates for SEI Investments Raised by Analyst

SEI Investments Company (NASDAQ:SEIC) – Research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of SEI Investments in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, July 3rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the asset manager will post earnings per share of $1.26 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.25. The consensus estimate for SEI Investments’ current full-year earnings is $4.86 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for SEI Investments’ FY2026 earnings at $4.93 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.62 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on SEI Investments from $87.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 30th. William Blair restated a “market perform” rating on shares of SEI Investments in a report on Thursday, April 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded SEI Investments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 20th. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on SEI Investments from $79.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price objective on SEI Investments from $80.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, April 25th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $95.00.

SEI Investments Stock Performance

SEI Investments stock opened at $93.10 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $84.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of $80.88. The company has a market capitalization of $11.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.24, a PEG ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 0.92. SEI Investments has a fifty-two week low of $62.38 and a fifty-two week high of $93.75.

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The asset manager reported $1.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.05. SEI Investments had a return on equity of 26.40% and a net margin of 27.77%. The business had revenue of $551.34 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $556.76 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.99 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On SEI Investments

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of SEI Investments by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,580,737 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $212,589,000 after acquiring an additional 60,307 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of SEI Investments by 6.8% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,732,511 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $134,487,000 after buying an additional 111,065 shares during the last quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp lifted its holdings in shares of SEI Investments by 1.5% during the first quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 1,325,479 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $102,897,000 after buying an additional 19,150 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SEI Investments by 39.3% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,233,225 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $101,716,000 after buying an additional 348,112 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in shares of SEI Investments by 20.9% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,068,181 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $88,104,000 after buying an additional 184,339 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 70.59% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other SEI Investments news, Chairman Alfred P. West, Jr. sold 66,126 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.28, for a total value of $5,573,099.28. Following the sale, the chairman directly owned 6,937,582 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $584,699,410.96. This trade represents a 0.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Michael Peterson sold 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.27, for a total value of $4,213,500.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 13,500 shares in the company, valued at $1,137,645. This trade represents a 78.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 232,126 shares of company stock valued at $19,638,659 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 14.60% of the company’s stock.

SEI Investments declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, March 18th that allows the company to buyback $500.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the asset manager to repurchase up to 5.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

SEI Investments Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 9th were given a $0.49 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 9th. This is a positive change from SEI Investments’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.11%. SEI Investments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 21.30%.

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.