Invesco (IVZ) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate STT or IVZ?

State Street presently has a consensus target price of $100.73, suggesting a potential downside of 0.86%. Invesco has a consensus target price of $19.71, suggesting a potential upside of 2.61%. 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
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

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%

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 3.0%. Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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 15 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to STT or IVZ?

In the previous week, Invesco had 14 more articles in the media than State Street. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Invesco and 33 mentions for State Street. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.98 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Invesco	7 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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	$22.13B	1.35	$2.69B	$8.24	12.33
Invesco	$6.07B	1.42	-$96.90M	$1.18	16.28

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STT or IVZ?

Invesco received 154 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.91% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 56.01% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 680 56.01%	Underperform Votes 534 43.99%
Invesco	Outperform Votes 834 63.91%	Underperform Votes 471 36.09%

Which has more volatility and risk, STT or IVZ?

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

Summary

State Street and Invesco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.