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BLK vs. BK, AMP, STT, NTRS, TROW, 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), Northern Trust (NTRS), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), 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 vs. Its 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.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRockOutperform Votes
1136
71.63%
Underperform Votes
450
28.37%
Bank of New York MellonOutperform Votes
909
66.45%
Underperform Votes
459
33.55%

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

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.

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
BlackRock31.21% 16.32% 5.19%
Bank of New York Mellon 11.35%12.68%1.10%

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.

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock$20.96B7.18$6.37B$41.1623.60
Bank of New York Mellon$18.51B3.42$4.53B$6.1414.41

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BLK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BLK vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRockSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$150.47B$32.86B$11.57B$19.65B
Dividend Yield2.11%2.60%5.65%3.82%
P/E Ratio23.1215.6522.7735.03
Price / Sales7.186.0226.7542.85
Price / Cash22.2022.5317.6017.51
Price / Book3.652.912.834.78
Net Income$6.37B$1.49B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.92%-1.86%-0.37%-0.35%
1 Month Performance1.28%-0.89%0.09%1.04%
1 Year Performance26.12%34.66%539.64%9.19%

BlackRock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLK
BlackRock
4.9215 of 5 stars
$971.24
-1.7%
$1,082.46
+11.5%
+28.3%$150.47B$20.96B23.1219,800Trending News
BK
Bank of New York Mellon
4.7351 of 5 stars
$90.29
0.0%
$91.85
+1.7%
+53.0%$64.62B$18.51B15.5551,700Positive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.3813 of 5 stars
$517.28
-0.3%
$517.13
0.0%
+20.5%$49.26B$17.47B15.6513,500Positive News
STT
State Street
4.753 of 5 stars
$99.18
+0.6%
$102.54
+3.4%
+35.2%$28.29B$13.07B12.0442,200
NTRS
Northern Trust
3.1186 of 5 stars
$109.01
+1.0%
$108.42
-0.5%
+30.5%$21.21B$8.58B11.1523,600Positive News
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.5398 of 5 stars
$95.16
+0.9%
$94.09
-1.1%
-20.1%$20.96B$7.11B10.397,870Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.6268 of 5 stars
$22.21
+0.1%
$22.00
-0.9%
+4.0%$15.41B$1.49B9.062,550Positive News
Gap Down
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.2332 of 5 stars
$22.08
+1.0%
$20.25
-8.3%
+0.0%$11.60B$8.70B33.969,800
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.843 of 5 stars
$84.82
-0.4%
$88.00
+3.7%
+28.7%$10.56B$2.16B19.194,840Positive News
IVZ
Invesco
4.9755 of 5 stars
$14.80
+2.8%
$17.25
+16.6%
-1.6%$6.62B$6.12B12.548,610Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.0909 of 5 stars
$183.25
+0.5%
$192.40
+5.0%
+18.5%$5.21B$2.04B12.143,950Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BLK) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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