BlackRock (BLK) Competitors

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate BLK or BK?

BlackRock presently has a consensus target price of $1,082.46, indicating a potential upside of 11.45%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus target price of $91.85, indicating a potential upside of 3.78%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Bank of New York Mellon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BLK or BK?

BlackRock received 227 more outperform votes than Bank of New York Mellon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 66.45% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock	Outperform Votes 1136 71.63%	Underperform Votes 450 28.37%
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 909 66.45%	Underperform Votes 459 33.55%

Does the media favor BLK or BK?

In the previous week, BlackRock had 63 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for BlackRock and 25 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat BlackRock's score of 0.90 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock	50 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bank of New York Mellon	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BLK or BK?

BlackRock has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BLK or BK more profitable?

BlackRock has a net margin of 31.21% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 11.35%. BlackRock's return on equity of 16.32% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock	31.21%	16.32%	5.19%
Bank of New York Mellon	11.35%	12.68%	1.10%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BLK or BK?

80.7% of BlackRock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of BlackRock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BLK or BK a better dividend stock?

BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. BlackRock pays out 50.6% 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. BlackRock has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Bank of New York Mellon has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. BlackRock is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BLK or BK?

BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock, 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
BlackRock	$20.96B	7.18	$6.37B	$41.16	23.60
Bank of New York Mellon	$18.51B	3.42	$4.53B	$6.14	14.41

Summary

BlackRock beats Bank of New York Mellon on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.