Invesco (IVZ) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, STT or IVZ?

State Street has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is STT or IVZ more profitable?

Invesco has a net margin of 12.77% compared to State Street's net margin of 12.14%. State Street's return on equity of 12.60% beat Invesco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
State Street	12.14%	12.60%	0.83%
Invesco	12.77%	8.18%	3.68%

Do analysts rate STT or IVZ?

State Street currently has a consensus target price of $101.07, indicating a potential upside of 34.74%. Invesco has a consensus target price of $18.97, indicating a potential upside of 57.61%. 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	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Invesco	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, STT or IVZ?

State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco, 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	$12.92B	1.67	$2.69B	$8.24	9.10
Invesco	$6.07B	0.89	$774.80M	$1.18	10.20

Do institutionals & insiders 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor STT or IVZ?

In the previous week, State Street had 36 more articles in the media than Invesco. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for State Street and 27 mentions for Invesco. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Invesco's score of 0.61 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	28 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Invesco	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 4.1%. Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. State Street pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco pays out 69.5% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STT or IVZ?

Invesco received 149 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.62% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 55.96% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 685 55.96%	Underperform Votes 539 44.04%
Invesco	Outperform Votes 834 63.62%	Underperform Votes 477 36.38%

Summary

State Street beats Invesco on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.