Northern Trust (NTRS) Competitors

Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) and Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Is BK or NTRS a better dividend stock?

Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Trust pays out 37.3% 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Northern Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BK or NTRS?

Bank of New York Mellon has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Trust. Northern Trust 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	$17.72B	3.22	$3.29B	$4.60	17.05
Northern Trust	$7.88B	2.61	$1.11B	$8.04	12.88

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BK or NTRS?

85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Northern Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate BK or NTRS?

Bank of New York Mellon presently has a consensus price target of $82.64, suggesting a potential upside of 5.37%. Northern Trust has a consensus price target of $107.17, suggesting a potential upside of 3.49%. Given Bank of New York Mellon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of New York Mellon is more favorable than Northern Trust.

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)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Northern Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media favor BK or NTRS?

In the previous week, Bank of New York Mellon had 5 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon and 19 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Bank of New York Mellon's score of 0.44 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of New York Mellon	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Northern Trust	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BK or NTRS?

Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Trust has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BK or NTRS?

Bank of New York Mellon received 501 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote while only 41.23% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 898 66.67%	Underperform Votes 449 33.33%
Northern Trust	Outperform Votes 397 41.23%	Underperform Votes 566 58.77%

Is BK or NTRS more profitable?

Northern Trust has a net margin of 10.92% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 9.44%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 12.75% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of New York Mellon	9.44%	12.06%	1.05%
Northern Trust	10.92%	12.75%	0.94%

Summary

Bank of New York Mellon beats Northern Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.