Financial Analysis of State Street Corporation

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This paper presents a case study analysis of State Street Corporation, a financial services company, focused primarily on the brokerage sector. The paper provides a SWOT (strengths, weaknessness, opportunities, threats) analysis of the company and focuses on the financial aspects of the company in the sector within which it operates. The paper concludes with whether or not the writer would invest in the company.

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"State Street has consistently carried a P/E ratio akin to a growth company within the financial services sector. Yet, dividend yield and dividend growth are significantly lower than the industry and sector averages. It is also worth noting that State Street's equity is owned by institutions at a much higher rate than comparable firms in either the sector or the industry. Moreover, State's beta indicates a greater degree of risk than in the industry as a whole. This indicates that the growth component of State is the more attractive component of the company - a higher dividend yield can be found elsewhere with less risk."

Sample of Sources Used:

• State Street stock information from Reuters. Retrieved April 27, 2008 from http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/ratios.asp?symbol=STT&WTmodLOC=R2-Ratios-1-More
• State Street Corp 2007 Annual Report. Retrieved April 27, 2008 from http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/78/782/78261/items/284296/STT_AR.pdf

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