SEI Investments (SEIC) Competitors

SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) and State Street (NYSE:STT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

Is SEIC or STT more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 26.60% compared to State Street's net margin of 9.87%. SEI Investments' return on equity of 24.29% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEI Investments	26.60%	24.29%	21.21%
State Street	9.87%	12.02%	0.82%

Is SEIC or STT a better dividend stock?

SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. SEI Investments pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street pays out 48.0% 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. SEI Investments has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and State Street has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SEIC or STT?

State Street has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, 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
SEI Investments	$2.05B	5.20	$462.26M	$4.14	19.99
State Street	$12.55B	2.29	$1.94B	$6.33	15.51

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEIC or STT?

State Street received 295 more outperform votes than SEI Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.89% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 56.19% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 381 58.89%	Underperform Votes 266 41.11%
State Street	Outperform Votes 676 56.19%	Underperform Votes 527 43.81%

Which has more volatility and risk, SEIC or STT?

SEI Investments has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SEIC or STT?

In the previous week, State Street had 16 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for State Street and 18 mentions for SEI Investments. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat State Street's score of 0.79 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEI Investments	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
State Street	9 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate SEIC or STT?

SEI Investments presently has a consensus target price of $80.75, suggesting a potential downside of 2.42%. State Street has a consensus target price of $98.36, suggesting a potential upside of 0.16%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe State Street is more favorable than SEI Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Summary

State Street beats SEI Investments on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.