NTRS vs. BK, AMP, STT, TROW, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, MAIN, and AMG
Should you be buying Northern Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Trust include Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Main Street Capital (MAIN), and Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Northern Trust vs.
Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
83.2% of Northern Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Northern Trust has a net margin of 12.77% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 11.35%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 13.74% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.
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.
Northern Trust has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bank of New York Mellon had 19 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon and 12 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Bank of New York Mellon's score of 1.34 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 2.2%. Northern Trust pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 32.4% 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.
Northern Trust presently has a consensus price target of $112.58, suggesting a potential downside of 0.34%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus price target of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.82%. Given Bank of New York Mellon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of New York Mellon is more favorable than Northern Trust.
Bank of New York Mellon received 506 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote while only 41.13% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Bank of New York Mellon beats Northern Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NTRS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
