BlackRock (BLK) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer BK or BLK?

In the previous week, BlackRock had 30 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for BlackRock and 7 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. BlackRock's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Bank of New York Mellon's score of 0.68 indicating that BlackRock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of New York Mellon	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BlackRock	16 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BK or BLK?

BlackRock received 226 more outperform votes than Bank of New York Mellon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.51% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 66.69% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 895 66.69%	Underperform Votes 447 33.31%
BlackRock	Outperform Votes 1121 72.51%	Underperform Votes 425 27.49%

Is BK or BLK a better dividend stock?

Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock pays out 50.3% 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 and BlackRock has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Bank of New York Mellon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BK or BLK?

85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of BlackRock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of BlackRock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BK or BLK?

Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BK or BLK?

Bank of New York Mellon currently has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.35%. BlackRock has a consensus target price of $1,040.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.15%. Given Bank of New York Mellon's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bank of New York Mellon is more favorable than BlackRock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
BlackRock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BK or BLK?

BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock, 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
Bank of New York Mellon	$17.72B	3.19	$3.29B	$4.60	16.87
BlackRock	$19.36B	8.23	$5.50B	$40.52	25.39

Is BK or BLK more profitable?

BlackRock has a net margin of 31.37% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 9.44%. BlackRock's return on equity of 15.52% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of New York Mellon	9.44%	12.06%	1.05%
BlackRock	31.37%	15.52%	4.98%

Summary

BlackRock beats Bank of New York Mellon on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.