Northern Trust (NTRS) Competitors

Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) and Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is BK or NTRS a better dividend stock?

Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Trust pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bank of New York Mellon has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Northern Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BK or NTRS?

85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Northern Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Northern Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BK or NTRS?

Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Trust has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BK or NTRS?

Bank of New York Mellon received 507 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote while only 40.79% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 908 66.47%	Underperform Votes 458 33.53%
Northern Trust	Outperform Votes 401 40.79%	Underperform Votes 582 59.21%

Does the media favor BK or NTRS?

In the previous week, Bank of New York Mellon had 3 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon and 24 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Bank of New York Mellon's score of 1.47 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of New York Mellon	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northern Trust	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is BK or NTRS more profitable?

Northern Trust has a net margin of 12.77% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 11.35%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 13.74% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of New York Mellon	11.35%	12.68%	1.10%
Northern Trust	12.77%	13.74%	1.03%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BK or NTRS?

Bank of New York Mellon has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Trust. Northern Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of New York Mellon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bank of New York Mellon	$18.51B	3.47	$4.53B	$6.14	14.61
Northern Trust	$8.58B	2.43	$2.03B	$10.72	9.98

Do analysts prefer BK or NTRS?

Bank of New York Mellon currently has a consensus target price of $91.31, indicating a potential upside of 1.79%. Northern Trust has a consensus target price of $110.83, indicating a potential upside of 3.58%. Given Northern Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Northern Trust is more favorable than Bank of New York Mellon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Northern Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08

Summary

Bank of New York Mellon beats Northern Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.