State Street (STT) Competitors

Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) and State Street (NYSE:STT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.

Is BK or STT more profitable?

State Street has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 11.35%. Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity of 12.68% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of New York Mellon	11.35%	12.68%	1.10%
State Street	12.14%	12.60%	0.83%

Is BK or STT a better dividend stock?

Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street pays out 34.1% 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 has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and State Street has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon has higher revenue and earnings than State Street. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of New York Mellon, 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
Bank of New York Mellon	$18.51B	3.46	$4.53B	$6.14	14.59
State Street	$13.07B	2.11	$2.69B	$8.91	10.85

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon received 221 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 908 66.47%	Underperform Votes 458 33.53%
State Street	Outperform Votes 687 55.94%	Underperform Votes 541 44.06%

Which has more risk and volatility, BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BK or STT?

In the previous week, State Street had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for State Street and 27 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat State Street's score of 1.03 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of New York Mellon	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
State Street	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BK or STT?

85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street 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.

Do analysts prefer BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon presently has a consensus price target of $91.31, indicating a potential upside of 1.90%. State Street has a consensus price target of $102.15, indicating a potential upside of 5.68%. Given State Street's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe State Street is more favorable than Bank of New York Mellon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
State Street	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Summary

Bank of New York Mellon beats State Street on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.