Q1 EPS Estimates for SEI Investments Boosted by Analyst

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of SEI Investments in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts 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.

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

SEIC has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of SEI Investments from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on shares of SEI Investments from $85.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods restated a “market perform” rating and issued a $90.00 price target (up from $86.00) on shares of SEI Investments in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of SEI Investments from $77.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, December 23rd. Finally, Raymond James upgraded shares of SEI Investments from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $99.00 price target on the stock in a research report 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. According to data from MarketBeat, SEI Investments currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $90.00.

SEI Investments Stock Down 2.4 %

NASDAQ SEIC opened at $80.25 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $10.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.16, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.98. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $83.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $76.56. SEI Investments has a twelve month low of $62.38 and a twelve month high of $87.25.

SEI Investments Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th were paid a dividend of $0.49 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.1%. This is an increase from SEI Investments’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.46. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 27th. SEI Investments’s payout ratio is 22.17%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Chairman Alfred P. West, Jr. sold 5,984 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.23, for a total transaction of $504,032.32. Following the completion of the sale, the chairman now directly owns 7,371,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $620,903,298.06. The trade was a 0.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders sold a total of 171,194 shares of company stock valued at $14,579,872 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 14.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SEI Investments

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of SEIC. CoreFirst Bank & Trust bought a new stake in SEI Investments in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its stake in SEI Investments by 101.3% in the third quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 461 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 232 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its stake in SEI Investments by 53.7% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 452 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 158 shares in the last quarter. Point72 DIFC Ltd bought a new stake in shares of SEI Investments during the third quarter worth $45,000. Finally, Rialto Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of SEI Investments during the fourth quarter worth $55,000. Institutional investors own 70.59% of the company’s stock.

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.