We're taking a closer look at State Street today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 0.7% compared to 1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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State Street Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of financial products and services to institutional investors worldwide.
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State Street has moved -17.0% over the last year compared to 11.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -28.0%
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STT has an average analyst rating of hold and is -10.88% away from its mean target price of $75.14 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $6.88
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State Street has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $7.56 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.9
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STT has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.92, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.95 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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State Street is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 14.34 and an average P/B of 1.57
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State Street has on average reported free cash flows of $4.7 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of -5.0%