BlackRock (BLK) Competitors

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

Is BK or BLK more profitable?

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 Mellon	11.35%	12.68%	1.10%
BlackRock	31.21%	16.32%	5.19%

Does the media prefer BK or BLK?

In the previous week, BlackRock had 76 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 119 mentions for BlackRock and 43 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat BlackRock's score of 0.65 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	29 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BlackRock	47 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	42 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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	$18.26B	2.94	$4.53B	$5.81	12.87
BlackRock	$20.41B	6.37	$6.37B	$42.00	19.93

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BK or BLK?

BlackRock received 223 more outperform votes than Bank of New York Mellon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.91% of users gave BlackRock an outperform vote while only 66.42% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 906 66.42%	Underperform Votes 458 33.58%
BlackRock	Outperform Votes 1129 71.91%	Underperform Votes 441 28.09%

Which has more risk & volatility, BK or BLK?

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. 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 $90.07, suggesting a potential upside of 20.46%. BlackRock has a consensus target price of $1,130.85, suggesting a potential upside of 35.09%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
BlackRock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

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 2.5%. BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $20.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock pays out 49.6% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and BlackRock has increased 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.

Summary

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