Northern Trust (NTRS) Competitors

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

Is NTRS or BK a better dividend stock?

Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Northern Trust pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 40.9% 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. Bank of New York Mellon has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Northern Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is NTRS or BK 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
Northern Trust	10.92%	12.75%	0.94%
Bank of New York Mellon	9.44%	12.06%	1.05%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTRS or BK?

Bank of New York Mellon received 497 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.69% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote while only 41.34% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Trust	Outperform Votes 396 41.34%	Underperform Votes 562 58.66%
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 893 66.69%	Underperform Votes 446 33.31%

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

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NTRS or BK?

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
Northern Trust	$12.12B	1.81	$1.11B	$8.04	13.74
Bank of New York Mellon	$33.81B	1.74	$3.29B	$4.60	17.64

Does the media prefer NTRS or BK?

In the previous week, Bank of New York Mellon had 9 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon and 20 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Bank of New York Mellon's score of 1.37 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Trust	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bank of New York Mellon	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend NTRS or BK?

Northern Trust presently has a consensus target price of $103.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.75%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus target price of $79.77, indicating a potential downside of 1.68%. 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
Northern Trust	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Which has more volatility & risk, NTRS or BK?

Northern Trust has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bank of New York Mellon beats Northern Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.