NTRS vs. STT, BK, CFG, ALLY, FCNCA, EWBC, MTB, FITB, CBSH, and WAL
Should you be buying Northern Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Trust include State Street (STT), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Ally Financial (ALLY), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), East West Bancorp (EWBC), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
State Street (NYSE:STT) and Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
State Street pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. State Street pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Trust pays out 66.2% 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. State Street has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. State Street is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
State Street has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Trust has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
State Street received 269 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.50% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 41.79% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.
State Street has a net margin of 9.62% compared to State Street's net margin of 7.59%. State Street's return on equity of 12.57% beat Northern Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Northern Trust had 11 more articles in the media than State Street. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Northern Trust and 13 mentions for State Street. State Street's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Northern Trust's score of 0.78 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
State Street currently has a consensus target price of $84.04, indicating a potential upside of 13.12%. Northern Trust has a consensus target price of $84.92, indicating a potential upside of 0.73%. Given Northern Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe State Street is more favorable than Northern Trust.
87.4% of State Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Northern Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Trust. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
State Street beats Northern Trust on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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