State Street (STT) Competitors

State Street (NYSE:STT) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, STT or FITB?

State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, 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	$22.13B	1.42	$2.69B	$8.93	12.37
Fifth Third Bancorp	$13.28B	2.24	$2.31B	$3.22	13.98

Is STT or FITB a better dividend stock?

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. State Street pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% 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 Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is STT or FITB more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to State Street's net margin of 12.59%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
State Street	12.59%	12.96%	0.83%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.97%	13.31%	1.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, STT or FITB?

State Street has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer STT or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 11 more articles in the media than State Street. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 26 mentions for State Street. State Street's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.46 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer STT or FITB?

State Street currently has a consensus price target of $114.18, indicating a potential upside of 3.40%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than State Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
State Street	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of STT or FITB?

87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats State Street on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.