The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 2.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 27% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 68%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (14 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $200.
State Street Corporation
STT · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $52.7B · 51,503 employees
State Street Corporation provides various financial products and services to institutional investors.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenAt the last full screen
2026-09-09
Screened 2026-09-09 · the tape above runs as of 15:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
This name holds its distribution label.
State Street Corporation holds its Distribution at $191.89. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 88 days.
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 88 days |
| Price at the screen | $191.89 |
| Valuation | 16.95 trailing · 12.53 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 10.0 |
| Beta | 1.42 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Business activity screen
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Excluded | Core business clean | Business activity: Financials sector | Fail |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 12% discount to our $214.84 fair value, moderate competitive moat.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-09 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 12.0% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 14 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +4% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our model sees value the Street hasn't fully caught up to yet.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-09 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsCustody bank stumbles on its own ethics test
Picture the quiet back office that keeps pension funds and asset managers in working order across the globe. State Street sits right there, handling custody and administration for trillions in assets. The numbers look steady enough on paper, yet the story stops before it starts.
We pass outright. Revenue is already shrinking 3 percent, the forward multiple sits at 12.1 times, and return on equity barely clears 12 percent. None of that would matter if the business cleared our ethical screen, but it does not. The activity screen flags it, and that single failure overrides any margin of safety to our fair value of 212.
Analysts still cluster around a buy rating with targets near 198, yet they ignore the ethical line entirely. A moderate moat offers little protection when core activity itself is disqualified. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 12.5xreasonably valued |
| Trailing P/E | 17.0xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 11.32 |
| EPS, forward | 15.31 |
| Revenue growth | -2.8%revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | 23.0%healthy profit margins |
| Return on equity | 12.4%a solid return on shareholder capital |
| Dividend yield | 225.00% |
| Beta | 1.42moves a little more than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.00% |
| 52-week range | 104.64 - 195.93 |
| Moat | MODERATE |
| Market cap | $52.7B |
| Employees | 51,503 |
The risks · The things to watch: it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 15.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 27% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 68%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (14 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $161.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 27% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 68%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 30%. The street (14 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $161.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | O'HANLEY RONALD P. | Chief Executive Officer | 2,204 | · | |
| 2026-05-13 | SCHAEFER ELIZABETH | Officer | 500 | $75,435 | |
| 2026-04-22 | RICHARDS MICHAEL L | Officer | 3,000 | $461,670 | |
| 2026-04-22 | TAHIRI MOSTAPHA | Chief Operating Officer | 9,611 | $1,469,810 | |
| 2026-03-19 | GORDON SUSAN M. | Director | 324 | · | |
| 2026-03-11 | PLANSKY JOHN | Officer | 16,100 | $2,001,552 | |
| 2026-03-05 | PORTER BRIAN J | Director | 2,500 | $312,475 | |
| 2026-03-02 | O'HANLEY RONALD P. | Chief Executive Officer | 29,107 | $3,658,750 | |
| 2026-02-26 | RICHARDS MICHAEL L | Officer | 5,967 | · | |
| 2026-02-26 | TAHIRI MOSTAPHA | Chief Operating Officer | 14,259 | · |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | Jake Auchincloss | Democrat | Sale | 15K–50K |
| 2026-05-18 | Jake Auchincloss | Democrat | sell | 15K–50K |
| 2026-05-18 | Jake Auchincloss | Democrat | sell | 15K–50K |
| 2026-04-13 | Ro Khanna | Democrat | Purchase | 1K–15K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $150.17 | +7.8% | · | $1,078 | +7.8% |
| 2 months | $139.42 | +16.1% | · | $1,161 | +16.1% |
| 3 months | $122.39 | +32.3% | $0.84 | $1,330 | +33.0% |
| 6 months | $127.90 | +26.6% | $1.68 | $1,279 | +27.9% |
| 1 year | $96.45 | +67.9% | $3.28 | $1,713 | +71.3% |
| 2 years | $69.89 | +131.7% | $6.25 | $2,406 | +140.6% |
| 3 years | $66.96 | +141.8% | $8.95 | $2,551 | +155.1% |
| 5 years | $71.38 | +126.8% | $13.64 | $2,459 | +145.9% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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