T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) Competitors

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

Is TROW or BK a better dividend stock?

T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 30.6% 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. T. Rowe Price Group has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years and Bank of New York Mellon has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TROW or BK?

Bank of New York Mellon has higher revenue and earnings than T. Rowe Price Group. T. Rowe Price Group 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
T. Rowe Price Group	$7.09B	2.74	$2.10B	$9.16	9.56
Bank of New York Mellon	$18.26B	3.06	$4.53B	$6.14	12.66

Which has more risk and volatility, TROW or BK?

T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TROW or BK?

T. Rowe Price Group presently has a consensus target price of $100.09, indicating a potential upside of 14.29%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus target price of $89.64, indicating a potential upside of 15.32%. Given Bank of New York Mellon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bank of New York Mellon is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
T. Rowe Price Group	4 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.64
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is TROW or BK more profitable?

T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 29.61% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 11.35%. T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity of 20.83% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
T. Rowe Price Group	29.61%	20.83%	16.11%
Bank of New York Mellon	11.35%	12.68%	1.10%

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

73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor TROW or BK?

In the previous week, Bank of New York Mellon had 37 more articles in the media than T. Rowe Price Group. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon and 38 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat T. Rowe Price Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
T. Rowe Price Group	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bank of New York Mellon	40 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TROW or BK?

Bank of New York Mellon received 311 more outperform votes than T. Rowe Price Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote while only 50.59% of users gave T. Rowe Price Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
T. Rowe Price Group	Outperform Votes 597 50.59%	Underperform Votes 583 49.41%
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 908 66.47%	Underperform Votes 458 33.53%

Summary

Bank of New York Mellon beats T. Rowe Price Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.