Northern Trust (NTRS) Competitors

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

Is NTRS or STT a better dividend stock?

Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Northern Trust pays out 66.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street pays out 51.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is NTRS or STT more profitable?

State Street has a net margin of 9.62% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 7.59%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 12.57% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Trust	7.59%	12.57%	0.91%
State Street	9.62%	12.03%	0.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTRS or STT?

State Street received 269 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.50% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 41.79% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Trust	Outperform Votes 392 41.79%	Underperform Votes 546 58.21%
State Street	Outperform Votes 661 56.50%	Underperform Votes 509 43.50%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NTRS or STT?

State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Trust. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, 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
Northern Trust	$12.12B	1.40	$1.11B	$4.53	18.25
State Street	$18.37B	1.20	$1.94B	$5.34	13.67

Does the media refer more to NTRS or STT?

In the previous week, State Street had 4 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for State Street and 9 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat State Street's score of 0.54 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Trust	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
State Street	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

83.2% of Northern Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NTRS or STT?

Northern Trust has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NTRS or STT?

Northern Trust currently has a consensus target price of $84.92, indicating a potential upside of 2.72%. State Street has a consensus target price of $84.04, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe State Street is more favorable than Northern Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Summary

State Street beats Northern Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.