Zacks Research Forecasts Stronger Earnings for State Street

State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of State Street in a research note issued on Thursday, June 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the asset manager will earn $2.36 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.34. The consensus estimate for State Street’s current full-year earnings is $9.68 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for State Street’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.30 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.46 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.15 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.15 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.60 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.58 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.86 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $10.19 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.46 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $11.07 EPS.

State Street (NYSE:STT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 17th. The asset manager reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.98 by $0.06. State Street had a return on equity of 12.79% and a net margin of 12.85%. The firm had revenue of $3.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.30 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.69 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on STT. Wall Street Zen lowered State Street from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, March 7th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on State Street from $118.00 to $113.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Bank of America upped their target price on State Street from $98.00 to $99.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Citigroup cut their target price on State Street from $105.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on State Street from $118.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $102.85.

State Street Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE STT opened at $106.96 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 0.57 and a quick ratio of 0.57. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $96.38 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $94.29. State Street has a one year low of $72.65 and a one year high of $107.39. The firm has a market cap of $30.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.45.

State Street Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 1st will be given a dividend of $0.76 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 1st. This represents a $3.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.84%. State Street’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.12%.

Insider Buying and Selling at State Street

In related news, CAO Elizabeth Schaefer sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.72, for a total transaction of $117,936.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 7,354 shares in the company, valued at $667,154.88. This represents a 15.02% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.29% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of State Street

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of STT. First Pacific Financial bought a new position in State Street in the first quarter valued at about $25,000. Capital Analysts LLC increased its stake in shares of State Street by 3,914.3% in the first quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 281 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 274 shares during the period. Larson Financial Group LLC increased its stake in shares of State Street by 40.8% in the first quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 407 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 118 shares during the period. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC acquired a new stake in State Street during the fourth quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC grew its stake in State Street by 2,942.9% during the fourth quarter. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 426 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 412 shares during the period. 87.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

State Street Company Profile

State Street Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of financial products and services to institutional investors worldwide. The company offers investment servicing products and services, including custody, accounting, regulatory reporting, investor, and performance and analytics; middle office products, such as IBOR, transaction management, loans, cash, derivatives and collateral, record keeping, and client reporting and investment analytics; finance leasing; foreign exchange, and brokerage and other trading services; securities finance and enhanced custody products; deposit and short-term investment facilities; investment manager and alternative investment manager operations outsourcing; performance, risk, and compliance analytics; and financial data management to support institutional investors.