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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
BlackRock beats Bank of New York Mellon on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BLK) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff