Preferred Shares Offer Strong Income Potential, but Selection Is Becoming More Challenging.
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 04 2025
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Source: Barron's
Preferred Shares as Investment: Preferred shares are attractive investment options currently, offering yields between 6% and 7% amidst limited safe yield opportunities.
Hybrid Security Characteristics: These securities combine features of both stocks and bonds, making them a unique investment choice.
Strong Bank Sector Fundamentals: High-rated financial firms, particularly in the banking sector, are performing well, with strong earnings growth and successful stress test results.
Regulatory Environment: Banks are experiencing reduced regulatory pressure, contributing to their favorable financial conditions.
Analyst Views on CNS
Wall Street analysts forecast CNS stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CNS is 70.00 USD with a low forecast of 63.00 USD and a high forecast of 77.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
2 Analyst Rating
1 Buy
0 Hold
1 Sell
Hold
Current: 69.360
Low
63.00
Averages
70.00
High
77.00
Current: 69.360
Low
63.00
Averages
70.00
High
77.00
About CNS
Cohen & Steers, Inc. is a holding company, which is engaged in global investment management. The Company is specialized in real assets and alternative income, including listed and private real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. The Company’s distribution network encompasses two channels, wealth and institutional. Its wealth channel includes registered investment advisers, wire houses, independent and regional broker dealers and bank trusts. Its institutional channel includes sovereign wealth funds, corporate plans, insurance companies and public funds, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans, as well as other financial institutions that access its investment management services directly or through consultants and other intermediaries. The Company manages three types of investment vehicles, such as open-end funds, institutional accounts, and closed end.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
