BLK vs. BK, AMP, STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, and AMG
Should you be buying BlackRock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock include Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), and Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
BlackRock received 219 more outperform votes than Bank of New York Mellon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 66.97% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote.
BlackRock has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
BlackRock presently has a consensus price target of $872.29, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus price target of $65.23, indicating a potential downside of 0.19%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Bank of New York Mellon.
In the previous week, BlackRock had 16 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for BlackRock and 13 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat BlackRock's score of 0.44 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. BlackRock pays out 51.8% 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. Bank of New York Mellon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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. 0.9% 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock has a net margin of 32.36% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 9.40%. BlackRock's return on equity of 15.53% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.
Summary
BlackRock beats Bank of New York Mellon on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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