State Street (STT) Competitors

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

Is STT or BK a better dividend stock?

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Bank of New York Mellon pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. State Street pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 32.4% 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 and Bank of New York Mellon has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STT or BK?

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, STT or BK?

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
State Street	$12.92B	1.87	$2.69B	$8.24	10.19
Bank of New York Mellon	$18.26B	3.20	$4.53B	$5.81	13.99

Does the media refer more to STT or BK?

In the previous week, State Street had 5 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for State Street and 45 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. Bank of New York Mellon's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat State Street's score of 1.12 indicating that Bank of New York Mellon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	33 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bank of New York Mellon	33 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, STT or BK?

State Street has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend STT or BK?

State Street presently has a consensus price target of $102.07, indicating a potential upside of 21.59%. Bank of New York Mellon has a consensus price target of $90.07, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Given State Street's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe State Street is more favorable than Bank of New York Mellon.

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
Bank of New York Mellon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STT or BK?

Bank of New York Mellon received 221 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% 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
State Street	Outperform Votes 685 56.01%	Underperform Votes 538 43.99%
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 906 66.42%	Underperform Votes 458 33.58%

Is STT or BK 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
State Street	12.14%	12.60%	0.83%
Bank of New York Mellon	11.35%	12.68%	1.10%

Summary

Bank of New York Mellon beats State Street on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.