Opinions Mike Vinokur, CFA, CMT, and CFP
State Street CorpSTTTOP PICKJul 05, 2024
$73.72
Stock price when the opinion was issued
$161.80
As of Jun 10, 2026. Market Open.
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Custodian for securities (lending institution).
Oligopoly business - very large pension funds are major clients.
Declining markets hard, but not worried about prospects going forward.
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One of the larger custodial banks and holds assets for pensions, profit sharing plans and mutual funds. The fee stream from this is probably very good and stable. Not sure the growth rate is very satisfactory to management, so started to get more aggressive and ended up hurting their reputation. Will have slow growth going forward.
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Financial services category, but in reality is a "custodian" of security transactions. Very stable business with lots of opportunity. Margins and profits continue to rise. Weakness after Silicon Valley collapse has created buying opportunity. Recent inclusion in US "Fed Test" indicated large amount of excess capital. Expecting large divided payout soon.