BEN vs. BK, AMP, TROW, STT, NTRS, ARCC, SEIC, IVZ, AMG, and MAIN
Should you be buying Franklin Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Resources include Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), 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.
Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Bank of New York Mellon received 437 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.97% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote while only 40.71% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.
Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Franklin Resources pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 43.5% 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.
47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Resources has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 9.40%. Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity of 11.87% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.
Franklin Resources presently has a consensus target price of $25.15, indicating a potential upside of 8.50%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus target price of $65.23, indicating a potential downside of 0.54%. Given Franklin Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Resources is more favorable than Bank of New York Mellon.
Bank of New York Mellon has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Resources. Franklin Resources 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.
Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Franklin Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Franklin Resources and 13 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Franklin Resources' score of 0.51 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bank of New York Mellon beats Franklin Resources on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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