State Street (STT) Competitors

Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) and State Street (NYSE:STT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is BK or STT more profitable?

State Street has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 11.35%. Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity of 12.68% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of New York Mellon	11.35%	12.68%	1.10%
State Street	12.14%	12.60%	0.83%

Is BK or STT a better dividend stock?

Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street pays out 36.9% 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. State Street is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon currently has a consensus price target of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.32%. State Street has a consensus price target of $100.73, indicating a potential downside of 0.86%. Given Bank of New York Mellon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bank of New York Mellon is more favorable than State Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
State Street	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media refer more to BK or STT?

In the previous week, Bank of New York Mellon and Bank of New York Mellon both had 28 articles in the media. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat State Street's score of 0.98 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of New York Mellon	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
State Street	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon received 225 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.69% of users gave Bank of New York Mellon an outperform vote while only 56.01% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 905 66.69%	Underperform Votes 452 33.31%
State Street	Outperform Votes 680 56.01%	Underperform Votes 534 43.99%

Which has more volatility & risk, BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon has higher revenue and earnings than State Street. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of New York Mellon, 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
Bank of New York Mellon	$39.91B	1.57	$4.53B	$5.81	14.80
State Street	$22.13B	1.35	$2.69B	$8.24	12.33

Summary

Bank of New York Mellon beats State Street on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.