Invesco (IVZ) Competitors

Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) and State Street (NYSE:STT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IVZ or STT?

Invesco received 160 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.55% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 56.14% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco	Outperform Votes 832 64.55%	Underperform Votes 457 35.45%
State Street	Outperform Votes 672 56.14%	Underperform Votes 525 43.86%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IVZ or STT?

66.1% of Invesco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Invesco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IVZ or STT?

State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco. Invesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than State Street, 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
Invesco	$5.72B	1.37	-$96.90M	-$0.92	-18.92
State Street	$18.37B	1.52	$1.94B	$6.33	15.06

Is IVZ or STT more profitable?

State Street has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Invesco's net margin of -3.00%. State Street's return on equity of 12.02% beat Invesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco	-3.00%	8.83%	3.54%
State Street	9.87%	12.02%	0.82%

Which has more volatility and risk, IVZ or STT?

Invesco has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend IVZ or STT?

Invesco presently has a consensus target price of $18.63, suggesting a potential upside of 6.98%. State Street has a consensus target price of $92.11, suggesting a potential downside of 3.35%. Given Invesco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Invesco is more favorable than State Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invesco	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Does the media refer more to IVZ or STT?

In the previous week, State Street had 22 more articles in the media than Invesco. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for State Street and 6 mentions for Invesco. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Invesco's score of 0.50 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Invesco	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
State Street	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IVZ or STT a better dividend stock?

Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Invesco pays out -89.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street pays out 48.0% 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. State Street has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Invesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

State Street beats Invesco on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.