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NTRS vs. BK, AMP, STT, TROW, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, MAIN, and AMG

Should you be buying Northern Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Trust include Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Main Street Capital (MAIN), and Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Northern Trust vs.

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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Northern Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of New York Mellon$18.55B3.11$4.53B$6.1413.09
Northern Trust$8.58B2.14$2.03B$10.728.77

Bank of New York Mellon presently has a consensus target price of $91.31, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Northern Trust has a consensus target price of $110.83, indicating a potential upside of 17.93%. Given Northern Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

In the previous week, Northern Trust had 12 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Northern Trust and 20 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Northern Trust's score of 1.14 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Trust has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of New York MellonOutperform Votes
908
66.47%
Underperform Votes
458
33.53%
Northern TrustOutperform Votes
401
40.79%
Underperform Votes
582
59.21%

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 Mellon11.35% 12.68% 1.10%
Northern Trust 12.77%13.74%1.03%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Northern Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

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NTRS vs. The Competition

MetricNorthern TrustState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$18.39B$3.06B$11.12B$7.83B
Dividend Yield3.28%3.87%5.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio9.6123.1222.0018.48
Price / Sales2.142.9926.07103.59
Price / Cash11.8210.6317.6034.62
Price / Book1.571.152.654.25
Net Income$2.03B$372.21M$1.03B$248.23M
7 Day Performance1.71%0.00%0.57%0.89%
1 Month Performance-4.05%-1.21%-0.43%3.53%
1 Year Performance13.16%16.72%537.91%5.08%

Northern Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRS
Northern Trust
3.9829 of 5 stars
$93.98
-0.1%
$110.83
+17.9%
+14.1%$18.39B$8.58B9.6123,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
BK
Bank of New York Mellon
4.9646 of 5 stars
$78.94
+0.4%
$91.31
+15.7%
+42.2%$56.68B$18.55B13.5951,700Positive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5689 of 5 stars
$468.16
+0.5%
$517.44
+10.5%
+14.3%$44.86B$17.26B14.1613,500Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
STT
State Street
4.9476 of 5 stars
$87.58
+0.2%
$102.15
+16.6%
+21.5%$25.27B$13.07B10.6342,200Positive News
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.6772 of 5 stars
$88.73
+0.3%
$96.00
+8.2%
-19.2%$19.72B$7.09B9.697,870Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.1332 of 5 stars
$21.25
+0.7%
$22.22
+4.6%
+0.2%$14.55B$1.71B8.672,550Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.3127 of 5 stars
$18.75
+0.2%
$18.96
+1.1%
-17.8%$9.85B$8.74B28.859,800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.8804 of 5 stars
$77.78
-1.0%
$87.60
+12.6%
+18.7%$9.78B$2.16B17.604,840Analyst Revision
Positive News
IVZ
Invesco
4.8987 of 5 stars
$13.94
+0.1%
$17.25
+23.7%
-1.8%$6.24B$6.12B11.818,610Short Interest ↑
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.4727 of 5 stars
$54.53
+0.7%
$52.60
-3.5%
+7.9%$4.83B$601.25M9.8890Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.4577 of 5 stars
$162.98
+0.3%
$192.40
+18.1%
+6.0%$4.69B$2.04B10.793,950Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NTRS) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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