Did SEI Investments' (NASDAQ:SEIC) Share Price Deserve to Gain 50%?

Simply Wall St
February 18, 2021
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If you buy and hold a stock for many years, you'd hope to be making a profit. Better yet, you'd like to see the share price move up more than the market average. Unfortunately for shareholders, while the SEI Investments Company (NASDAQ:SEIC) share price is up 50% in the last five years, that's less than the market return. The last year has been disappointing, with the stock price down 17% in that time.

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Over half a decade, SEI Investments managed to grow its earnings per share at 8.8% a year. That makes the EPS growth particularly close to the yearly share price growth of 8%. That suggests that the market sentiment around the company hasn't changed much over that time. In fact, the share price seems to largely reflect the EPS growth.


NasdaqGS:SEIC Earnings Per Share Growth February 19th 2021


What About Dividends?

It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. The TSR incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. We note that for SEI Investments the TSR over the last 5 years was 59%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the total shareholder return.

A Different Perspective

Investors in SEI Investments had a tough year, with a total loss of 16% (including dividends), against a market gain of about 30%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 10%, each year, over five years. If the fundamental data continues to indicate long term sustainable growth, the current sell-off could be an opportunity worth considering. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand SEI Investments better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks, for example - SEI Investments has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.






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