SEI Investments (SEIC) Competitors

State Street (NYSE:STT) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Do analysts recommend STT or SEIC?

State Street currently has a consensus price target of $102.85, indicating a potential downside of 3.85%. SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $91.60, indicating a potential upside of 0.11%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than State Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
State Street	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals believe in STT or SEIC?

87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is STT or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 27.77% compared to State Street's net margin of 12.85%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 26.40% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
State Street	12.85%	12.79%	0.84%
SEI Investments	27.77%	26.40%	22.99%

Which has more volatility and risk, STT or SEIC?

State Street has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, STT or SEIC?

State Street has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, 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
State Street	$22.13B	1.38	$2.69B	$8.91	12.00
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.36	$581.19M	$4.60	19.89

Does the media refer more to STT or SEIC?

In the previous week, State Street had 24 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for State Street and 18 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat State Street's score of 0.61 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	15 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is STT or SEIC a better dividend stock?

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. State Street pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Summary

SEI Investments beats State Street on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.