SEI Investments (SEIC) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, STT or SEIC?

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
State Street	$18.37B	1.56	$1.94B	$6.33	15.40
SEI Investments	$1.92B	5.61	$462.26M	$4.14	20.16

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STT or SEIC?

State Street received 297 more outperform votes than SEI Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.77% of users gave SEI Investments an outperform vote while only 56.12% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 679 56.12%	Underperform Votes 531 43.88%
SEI Investments	Outperform Votes 382 58.77%	Underperform Votes 268 41.23%

Is STT or SEIC 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
State Street	9.87%	12.02%	0.82%
SEI Investments	26.60%	24.29%	21.21%

Is STT or SEIC a better dividend stock?

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. State Street pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 23.7% 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 34 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer STT or SEIC?

In the previous week, State Street had 32 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for State Street and 9 mentions for SEI Investments. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.29 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	12 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer STT or SEIC?

State Street currently has a consensus target price of $100.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.90%. SEI Investments has a consensus target price of $86.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.92%. Given SEI Investments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than State Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
SEI Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, STT or SEIC?

State Street has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in STT or SEIC?

87.4% of State Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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