Zacks Research Analysts Increase Earnings Estimates for BK

The Bank of New York Mellon Co. (NYSE:BK) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Bank of New York Mellon in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, January 6th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the bank will post earnings of $1.67 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.63. The consensus estimate for Bank of New York Mellon’s current full-year earnings is $5.84 per share.

Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 11th. The bank reported $1.52 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $4.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.52 billion. Bank of New York Mellon had a net margin of 9.44% and a return on equity of 12.06%.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on the company. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $79.00 price objective on shares of Bank of New York Mellon in a report on Monday, October 14th. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Bank of New York Mellon from $66.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Monday, October 14th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their target price on shares of Bank of New York Mellon from $87.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Bank of New York Mellon from $81.00 to $82.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Bank of New York Mellon from $69.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 7th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $82.64.

Bank of New York Mellon Price Performance

Bank of New York Mellon stock opened at $75.55 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a current ratio of 0.70. The company has a market cap of $54.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.42, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 1.08. Bank of New York Mellon has a 1 year low of $52.21 and a 1 year high of $82.72. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $78.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $71.53.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Bank of New York Mellon news, EVP J Kevin Mccarthy sold 25,000 shares of Bank of New York Mellon stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.31, for a total value of $1,907,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 75,404 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,754,079.24. The trade was a 24.90 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Hanneke Smits sold 16,475 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.47, for a total transaction of $1,259,843.25. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 157,455 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,040,583.85. This represents a 9.47 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.14% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Bank of New York Mellon

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of BK. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Bank of New York Mellon by 2.0% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 33,313,594 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $2,393,915,000 after purchasing an additional 659,096 shares during the period. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Bank of New York Mellon by 78.6% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 19,338,722 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $1,389,680,000 after acquiring an additional 8,512,404 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Bank of New York Mellon by 4.2% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 10,416,436 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $623,891,000 after acquiring an additional 421,161 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc raised its holdings in Bank of New York Mellon by 1.2% during the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 8,058,064 shares of the bank’s stock worth $482,597,000 after purchasing an additional 97,286 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in Bank of New York Mellon by 6.7% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,252,925 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $434,370,000 after purchasing an additional 454,151 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.31% of the company’s stock.

About Bank of New York Mellon

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation provides a range of financial products and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Securities Services, Market and Wealth Services, Investment and Wealth Management, and other segments. The Securities Services segment offers custody, trust and depositary, accounting, exchange-traded funds, middle-office solutions, transfer agency, services for private equity and real estate funds, foreign exchange, securities lending, liquidity/lending services, and data analytics.