TROW vs. BK, AMP, STT, NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, AMG, and MAIN
Should you be buying T. Rowe Price Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of T. Rowe Price Group include Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), and Main Street Capital (MAIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
T. Rowe Price Group vs. Its Competitors
T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Bank of New York Mellon has higher revenue and earnings than T. Rowe Price Group. T. Rowe Price Group 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.
T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 57.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 30.6% 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. T. Rowe Price Group has raised its dividend for 39 consecutive years and Bank of New York Mellon has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 28.38% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 11.78%. T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity of 20.17% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.
73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
T. Rowe Price Group currently has a consensus price target of $94.91, indicating a potential downside of 5.05%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus price target of $92.08, indicating a potential upside of 0.04%. Given Bank of New York Mellon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of New York Mellon is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.
T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of New York Mellon had 22 more articles in the media than T. Rowe Price Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon and 18 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Bank of New York Mellon's score of 1.24 indicating that T. Rowe Price Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
T. Rowe Price Group beats Bank of New York Mellon on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TROW) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff