SEI Investments (SEIC) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to SEIC or STT?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 4 more articles in the media than State Street. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for SEI Investments and 34 mentions for State Street. State Street's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat SEI Investments' score of 1.09 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
State Street	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SEIC or STT?

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

Do analysts prefer SEIC or STT?

SEI Investments presently has a consensus target price of $87.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. State Street has a consensus target price of $102.15, indicating a potential upside of 15.97%. Given State Street's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe State Street is more favorable than SEI Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
State Street	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is SEIC or STT more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 27.35% compared to State Street's net margin of 12.14%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 25.51% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	27.35%	25.51%	22.21%
State Street	12.14%	12.60%	0.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SEIC or STT?

State Street received 299 more outperform votes than SEI Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.43% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 388 58.43%	Underperform Votes 276 41.57%
State Street	Outperform Votes 687 55.94%	Underperform Votes 541 44.06%

Is SEIC or STT a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street pays out 34.1% 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. SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years and State Street has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, SEIC or STT?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SEIC or STT?

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
SEI Investments	$2.16B	4.55	$581.19M	$4.60	17.02
State Street	$13.07B	1.95	$2.69B	$8.91	9.89

Summary

SEI Investments beats State Street on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.