Invesco (IVZ) Competitors

State Street (NYSE:STT) and Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STT or IVZ?

Invesco received 147 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 687 55.94%	Underperform Votes 541 44.06%
Invesco	Outperform Votes 834 63.18%	Underperform Votes 486 36.82%

Do analysts rate STT or IVZ?

State Street presently has a consensus target price of $102.15, suggesting a potential upside of 6.90%. Invesco has a consensus target price of $17.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.90%. Given Invesco's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Invesco is more favorable than State Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
State Street	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Invesco	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to STT or IVZ?

In the previous week, State Street had 13 more articles in the media than Invesco. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for State Street and 13 mentions for Invesco. Invesco's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat State Street's score of 1.02 indicating that Invesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Invesco	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in STT or IVZ?

87.4% of State Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Invesco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Invesco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, STT or IVZ?

State Street has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, STT or IVZ?

State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco, 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
State Street	$13.07B	2.09	$2.69B	$8.91	10.73
Invesco	$6.12B	1.07	$774.80M	$1.25	11.70

Is STT or IVZ more profitable?

Invesco has a net margin of 12.77% compared to State Street's net margin of 12.14%. State Street's return on equity of 12.60% beat Invesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
State Street	12.14%	12.60%	0.83%
Invesco	12.77%	8.18%	3.68%

Is STT or IVZ a better dividend stock?

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. State Street pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco pays out 67.2% 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. State Street has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Invesco has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Summary

State Street beats Invesco on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.