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$916.38 +23.84 (+2.67%)
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BLK vs. BK, AMP, STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, and MAIN

Should you be buying BlackRock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock include Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), State Street (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), and Main Street Capital (MAIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

BlackRock vs.

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

BlackRock has a net margin of 31.21% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 11.35%. BlackRock's return on equity of 16.32% beat Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of New York Mellon11.35% 12.68% 1.10%
BlackRock 31.21%16.32%5.19%

Bank of New York Mellon currently has a consensus target price of $91.31, indicating a potential upside of 15.36%. BlackRock has a consensus target price of $1,077.08, indicating a potential upside of 17.74%. 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
Bank of New York Mellon
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
BlackRock
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of New York Mellon$18.55B3.06$4.53B$6.1412.89
BlackRock$20.96B6.78$6.37B$41.1622.23

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, 2.0% of BlackRock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

BlackRock received 227 more outperform votes than Bank of New York Mellon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.79% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 66.47% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bank of New York MellonOutperform Votes
908
66.47%
Underperform Votes
458
33.53%
BlackRockOutperform Votes
1135
71.79%
Underperform Votes
446
28.21%

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 $20.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock pays out 50.6% 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. Bank of New York Mellon has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and BlackRock has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Bank of New York Mellon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BlackRock had 26 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for BlackRock and 36 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat BlackRock's score of 1.17 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of New York Mellon
28 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BlackRock
46 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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BLK vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRockSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$141.97B$29.21B$11.14B$18.91B
Dividend Yield2.41%2.79%5.93%4.16%
P/E Ratio21.7713.7822.0732.34
Price / Sales6.785.1325.7128.34
Price / Cash22.2022.5317.6017.53
Price / Book3.442.572.634.45
Net Income$6.37B$1.49B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.45%3.99%2.39%3.20%
1 Month Performance-5.13%-7.04%-2.35%-5.90%
1 Year Performance19.97%25.16%535.91%3.61%

BlackRock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLK
BlackRock
4.882 of 5 stars
$916.38
+2.7%
$1,077.08
+17.5%
+16.7%$142.27B$20.96B21.8219,800Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
BK
Bank of New York Mellon
4.9672 of 5 stars
$74.39
-2.0%
$91.31
+22.7%
+35.3%$53.41B$18.55B12.8051,700Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.4834 of 5 stars
$451.65
-2.8%
$517.44
+14.6%
+15.8%$43.27B$17.26B13.6613,500Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
STT
State Street
4.9127 of 5 stars
$80.41
-1.0%
$102.69
+27.7%
+15.0%$23.21B$13.07B9.7642,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.6327 of 5 stars
$83.67
-2.8%
$96.00
+14.7%
-22.6%$18.59B$7.09B9.137,870Positive News
NTRS
Northern Trust
4.3507 of 5 stars
$86.52
-2.0%
$113.08
+30.7%
+7.6%$16.93B$8.29B8.8523,600Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.6553 of 5 stars
$19.81
-2.9%
$22.61
+14.1%
0.0%$13.56B$1.71B8.092,550Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BEN
Franklin Resources
3.8043 of 5 stars
$17.31
-1.7%
$18.96
+9.5%
-27.4%$9.09B$8.74B26.639,800
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.7686 of 5 stars
$69.59
-2.9%
$86.80
+24.7%
+9.0%$8.83B$2.13B15.744,840Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IVZ
Invesco
4.9134 of 5 stars
$12.44
-2.8%
$17.03
+36.9%
-7.4%$5.57B$6.07B10.548,610Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.4813 of 5 stars
$51.67
-3.1%
$52.60
+1.8%
+10.1%$4.58B$601.25M9.3690

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