STT vs. NTRS, BK, BBD, BBDO, DB, MTB, FITB, CFG, FCNCA, and EWBC
Should you be buying State Street stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of State Street include Northern Trust (NTRS), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Banco Bradesco (BBD), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), and East West Bancorp (EWBC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
State Street vs.
State Street (NYSE:STT) and Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, State Street had 3 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for State Street and 15 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat State Street's score of 0.36 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
State Street pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. State Street pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Trust pays out 48.9% 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.
88.4% of State Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Northern Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
State Street received 268 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.22% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 43.34% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.
State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Trust. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
State Street has a net margin of 20.92% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 17.24%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 14.89% beat State Street's return on equity.
State Street has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Trust has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
State Street currently has a consensus target price of $88.68, suggesting a potential upside of 18.84%. Northern Trust has a consensus target price of $100.32, suggesting a potential upside of 16.00%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe State Street is more favorable than Northern Trust.
Summary
State Street beats Northern Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
State Street Competitors List
