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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

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%

Which has stronger earnings and 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	2.16	$2.69B	$8.24	11.75
Invesco	$6.07B	1.24	$774.80M	$1.18	14.19

Which has more risk and volatility, STT or IVZ?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STT or IVZ?

Invesco received 153 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.81% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 56.00% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 681 56.00%	Underperform Votes 535 44.00%
Invesco	Outperform Votes 834 63.81%	Underperform Votes 473 36.19%

Do analysts rate STT or IVZ?

State Street currently has a consensus price target of $100.73, indicating a potential upside of 4.00%. Invesco has a consensus price target of $19.94, indicating a potential upside of 19.06%. 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)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08

Does the media prefer STT or IVZ?

In the previous week, State Street had 37 more articles in the media than Invesco. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for State Street and 12 mentions for Invesco. Invesco's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat State Street's score of 0.87 indicating that Invesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	22 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Invesco	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 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 3.1%. Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in STT or IVZ?

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

Summary

State Street beats Invesco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.