Invesco (IVZ) Competitors

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

Is STT or IVZ a better dividend stock?

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. State Street pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco pays out -89.1% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Invesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to STT or IVZ?

In the previous week, State Street had 23 more articles in the media than Invesco. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for State Street and 12 mentions for Invesco. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Invesco's score of 0.51 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	10 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Invesco	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, STT or IVZ?

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
State Street	$12.55B	2.29	$1.94B	$6.33	15.51
Invesco	$5.89B	1.32	-$96.90M	-$0.92	-18.84

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STT or IVZ?

Invesco received 156 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.45% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 56.19% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 676 56.19%	Underperform Votes 527 43.81%
Invesco	Outperform Votes 832 64.45%	Underperform Votes 459 35.55%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of STT or IVZ?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, STT or IVZ?

State Street has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend STT or IVZ?

State Street currently has a consensus target price of $98.36, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. Invesco has a consensus target price of $18.88, indicating a potential upside of 8.92%. Given Invesco's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Invesco is more favorable than State Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Invesco	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is STT or IVZ 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
State Street	9.87%	12.02%	0.82%
Invesco	-3.00%	8.83%	3.54%

Summary

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