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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is BK or STT more profitable?

State Street has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Bank of New York Mellon's net margin of 9.44%. Bank of New York Mellon's return on equity of 12.06% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bank of New York Mellon	9.44%	12.06%	1.05%
State Street	9.87%	12.02%	0.82%

Do analysts rate BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon presently has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.35%. State Street has a consensus target price of $98.36, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. Given Bank of New York Mellon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media refer more to BK or STT?

In the previous week, State Street had 26 more articles in the media than Bank of New York Mellon. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for State Street and 7 mentions for Bank of New York Mellon. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Bank of New York Mellon's score of 0.68 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bank of New York Mellon	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
State Street	8 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$17.72B	3.19	$3.29B	$4.60	16.87
State Street	$12.55B	2.29	$1.94B	$6.33	15.51

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon received 219 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 56.19% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bank of New York Mellon	Outperform Votes 895 66.69%	Underperform Votes 447 33.31%
State Street	Outperform Votes 676 56.19%	Underperform Votes 527 43.81%

Which has more risk and volatility, BK or STT?

Bank of New York Mellon has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 2.4%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Bank of New York Mellon pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street pays out 48.0% 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. Bank of New York Mellon has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and State Street has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BK or STT?

85.3% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Bank of New York Mellon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street shares are owned 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.

Summary

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