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

Does the media prefer STT or SEIC?

In the previous week, State Street had 16 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for State Street and 9 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat State Street's score of 0.82 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, STT or SEIC?

State Street has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 3.1%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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.

Is STT or SEIC 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
State Street	12.14%	12.60%	0.83%
SEI Investments	27.35%	25.51%	22.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STT or SEIC?

State Street received 298 more outperform votes than SEI Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.53% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 55.97% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 689 55.97%	Underperform Votes 542 44.03%
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 391 58.53%	Underperform Votes 277 41.47%

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, 14.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate STT or SEIC?

State Street currently has a consensus target price of $102.54, indicating a potential upside of 3.33%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.49%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$13.07B	2.17	$2.69B	$8.91	11.14
SEI Investments	$2.16B	4.84	$581.19M	$4.60	18.31

Summary

SEI Investments beats State Street on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.