Bank Of New York Mellon Stock Hold Recommendation Reiterated (BK)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a hold with a ratings score of C. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• The debt-to-equity ratio is somewhat low, currently at 0.93, and is less than that of the industry average, implying that there has been a relatively successful effort in the management of debt levels.
• Despite the weak revenue results, BK has outperformed against the industry average of 19.5%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 0.6%. The declining revenue has not hurt the company's bottom line, with increasing earnings per share.
• Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $114.00 million or 73.23% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
• The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. When compared to other companies in the Capital Markets industry and the overall market, BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP's return on equity is below that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, a financial services company, provides various products and services worldwide. The company offers a range of equity, fixed income, cash, and alternative/overlay products, as well as distributes investment management products. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.4, equal to the average financial services industry P/E ratioand below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Bank of New York Mellon has a market cap of $25.42 billion and is part of the financial sector and financial services industry. Shares are up 7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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--Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff.

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