BlackRock (BLK) Competitors

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

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

80.7% of BlackRock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of BlackRock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned 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.

Is BLK or BK a better dividend stock?

BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. BlackRock pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 40.9% 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. BlackRock has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Bank of New York Mellon has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Bank of New York Mellon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BLK or BK?

In the previous week, BlackRock had 37 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for BlackRock and 25 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat BlackRock's score of 0.85 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
BlackRock	27 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bank of New York Mellon	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BLK or BK?

BlackRock presently has a consensus price target of $1,019.62, indicating a potential downside of 0.49%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus price target of $77.23, indicating a potential downside of 0.81%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Bank of New York Mellon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackRock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLK or BK?

BlackRock received 227 more outperform votes than Bank of New York Mellon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.66% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 66.72% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock	Outperform Votes 1119 72.66%	Underperform Votes 421 27.34%
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 892 66.72%	Underperform Votes 445 33.28%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BLK or BK?

BlackRock has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
BlackRock	$18.69B	8.49	$5.50B	$40.52	25.29
Bank of New York Mellon	$33.81B	1.67	$3.29B	$4.60	16.93

Which has more volatility & risk, BLK or BK?

BlackRock has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

Is BLK or BK 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
BlackRock	31.37%	15.52%	4.98%
Bank of New York Mellon	9.44%	12.06%	1.05%

Summary

BlackRock beats Bank of New York Mellon on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.