BNY vs HSBC vs STT Stock Comparison

Bank of New York Mellon, Hsbc Holdings and State Street Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp
$145.24 -2.9% 1M +36.1% 1Y
Market cap
$100.92B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.35B
Div. yield
–
Custody and Fund Services Financial Services
1 win
HSBC Hsbc Holdings Plc
$90.65 -9.5% 1M +36.8% 1Y
Market cap
$317.90B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$55.61B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
7 wins
STT State Street Corp
$167.87 -6.7% 1M +46.5% 1Y
Market cap
$46.90B
P/E
14.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.06B
Div. yield
–
Custody and Fund Services Financial Services
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Hsbc Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Hsbc Holdings 7, State Street 1, Bank of New York Mellon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBNYHSBCSTTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $100.92B $317.90B $46.90B HSBC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.8x 12.8x 14.6x HSBC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.7x 10.0x 11.9x HSBC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.6% +2,725.8% +12.3% HSBC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.2% 44.6% 21.4% HSBC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 27.1% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.1% +36.8% +46.5% STT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.5%/yr +24.8%/yr +11.1%/yr HSBC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 21.9% 27.7% 24.2% BNY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 70/100 70/100 HSBC

Percentile Scorecard

BNYHSBCSTT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBNYHSBCSTT
Valuation 78 #22 of 97 39 #221 of 361 85 #15 of 97
Growth 25 #52 of 69 70 #105 of 344 32 #47 of 69
Profitability 57 #31 of 70 83 #59 of 348 68 #23 of 70
Financial Health 27 #74 of 101 – –
Shareholder Returns 59 #17 of 40 90 #36 of 352 92 #4 of 40
Overall 49 70 70
  • BNY ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • HSBC ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • STT ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBNYHSBCSTTSPY
1 month -2.9%-9.5%-6.7% -1.0%
3 months -8.6%-12.3%-9.5% +2.9%
6 months +8.3%+1.1%+11.4% +6.4%
Year to date +25.1%+15.2%+30.1% +11.4%
1 year +36.1%+36.8%+46.5% +13.1%
3 years +247.7%+140.6%+159.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +51.5%+34.0%+37.4% +21.5%
5 years +143.2%+202.0%+68.9% +67.7%
5 years, per year +19.5%+24.8%+11.1% +10.9%
10 years +237.4%+137.1%+136.8% +255.2%
10 years, per year +12.9%+9.0%+9.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBNYHSBCSTTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 21.9%27.7%24.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.6%26.8%26.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.741.271.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.651.331.92 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.4%-34.6%-42.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.9%-15.9%-13.6% -2.5%
52-week high $164.85$107.85$194.25 $779.14
52-week low $106.43$66.26$112.84 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBNYHSBCSTT
P/E now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 29.4x 12.7xmedian 12.5x 14.4xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.8x 5.6xmedian 3.5x 3.1xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 12.8x —median 4.8x 3.5xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 61.9xmedian 15.9x —median 11.4x 22.8xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 2.5x 1.6xmedian 1.2x —median 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.47median 0.51 1.94median 1.48 1.07median 0.51

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBNYHSBCSTT
Revenue $21.35B $55.61B $15.06B
Operating income – $30.80B –
Net income $6.35B $26.01B $3.46B
Free cash flow $1.59B – $2.02B
EPS (diluted) $8.70 $7.07 $11.46
Cash & equivalents – $227.80B –
Total debt $35.59B – –
Shares (diluted) 692.22M 3.51B 281.06M
Enterprise value $39.69B -$1.51T $46.90B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBNYHSBCSTT
P/E 16.5x 12.7x 14.4x
P/FCF 61.9x – 22.8x
P/Operating cash flow 27.6x – 13.3x
P/S 4.6x 5.6x 3.1x
P/B 2.2x 1.6x –
P/Tangible book 2.3x 1.6x –
EV/EBITDA 4.0x – 3.5x
EV/EBIT 4.3x 2.7x 3.7x
EV/Revenue 5.5x 1.5x 3.1x
EV/FCF 73.7x – 22.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 32.9x – 13.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.47 1.94 1.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBNYHSBCSTT
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.6% 2,726% 12.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 4.0% 6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 25.1% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 4.4% –
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9% 31.5% 21.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.6% 0.8% 8.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 31.1% 46.4% 26.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 35.4% 6.6% 13.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -7.2% – 132.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -28.1% – -23.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -33.1% – 117.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -42.8% – -34.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBNYHSBCSTT
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 136.0% – 87.0%
Operating margin – 55.4% –
Pretax margin 37.4% 60.5% 29.1%
Net margin 28.2% 44.6% 21.4%
FCF margin 7.5% – 13.4%
Operating cash flow margin 16.7% – 23.1%
Return on equity 14.0% 13.2% –
Return on assets 1.2% 0.8% 0.9%
Return on invested capital 27.1% – –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x – 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBNYHSBCSTT
Debt / assets 6.8% – –
Debt / equity 0.8x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x – –
Debt / FCF 22.4x – –
Liabilities / assets 91.4% 94.3% –
Equity / assets 8.6% 5.7% –
Interest coverage 1.4x – 1.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBNYHSBCSTT
Dividend yield 0.6% 4.1% 2.0%
Net buyback yield 4.0% – 3.5%
Shareholder yield 4.6% 4.1% 5.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBNYHSBCSTT
Forward P/E 16.7xFY2026 10.0xFY2026 11.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.72FY2026 $9.03FY2026 $14.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.8%FY2026 +19.6%FY2026 +37.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.4% +9.2% +4.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.20BFY2026 $69.99BFY2026 $16.28BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.8%FY2026 -1.4%FY2026 +16.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.4% +18.0% +7.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBNYHSBCSTT
Held by institutions 0.0% 2.5% 91.0%
Institutions holding 4 707 1,257
Change in shares held, QoQ +360.5% -0.3% -1.4%
Institutions buying 4 402 619
Institutions selling 0 180 429
Buyers to sellers – 2.23 1.44

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BNYHSBCSTT
BNY 1.00 0.47 0.80
HSBC 0.47 1.00 0.53
STT 0.80 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BNY, HSBC and STT?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) $100.92B, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) $317.90B, State Street (STT) $46.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, BNY, HSBC and STT?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 16.8x, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 12.8x, State Street (STT) 14.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) is cheapest (Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 16.7x, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 10.0x, State Street (STT) 11.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) +10.6%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +2,725.8%, State Street (STT) +12.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) has the highest net margin (Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 28.2%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 44.6%, State Street (STT) 21.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year State Street (STT) returned the most: Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) +36.1%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +36.8%, State Street (STT) +46.5%. Over five years, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) compounded fastest (Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) +19.5%/yr, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) +24.8%/yr, State Street (STT) +11.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has been the steadiest (Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 21.9%, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) 27.7%, State Street (STT) 24.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BNY, HSBC and STT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hsbc Holdings (HSBC) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.