Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BNY scored 74.0, NTB scored 80.0 — NTB leads.
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Different reporting periods. NTB's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BNY's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BNY
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Banks - Diversified · Financial strength
56.4Fin
$142.71 · $96.8B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
17.9
NTB leads
NTB
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited
Banks - Diversified · Financial strength
74.3Fin
$57.50 · $2.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestNTB10.1x
Fastest growthBNY+8.2%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BNY
NTB
+8.2%B
Rev
+4.3%C+
16.7xC+
P/E
10.1xA-
14.1%B
ROE
21.1%A-
2.43C+
P/B
1.97B
1.6%C+
Yield
3.5%B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
BNYThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Banks - Diversified · $142.71 · beta 1.05
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $96.8b. 14% off the 52-week high of $165.84. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $163.47 (implying +15% upside).
Moat
Net margin 29% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $96.8b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
NTBThe Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited
Banks - Diversified · $57.50 · beta 0.54
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $2.3b. 10% off the 52-week high of $64.17. PEG 0.56 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $66.00 (implying +15% upside).
Moat
Net margin 37% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 21% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Regulatory capital risk — stricter capital requirements (CCAR, Basel) can force a dividend cut or a capital raise; the largest banks are most exposed because they're held to the tightest standards.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is NTB or BNY the better stock?
NTB scores higher: NTB 80.0, BNY 74.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are NTB and BNY scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.