State Street’s low p/e cuts your risk

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STATE STREET CORP. $76 is a buy. The company (New York symbol STT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 357.4 million; Market cap: $27.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Divd. yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.statestreet.com) sells accounting and administrative services to operators of mutual funds and pension plans. Its operations also let you tap banking services. State Street’s revenue in the three months ended December 31, 2019, rose 0.8%, to $3.05 billion from $3.02 billion a year earlier. That gain was due to higher service fees and assets under custody and administration. Thanks to savings from a cost-cutting plan, including job cuts, earnings per share jumped 18.6%, to $1.98 from $1.67. The company will probably earn $6.80 a share in 2020, up 10.2% from $6.17 in 2019. The stock is suitable for your new buying at just 11.2 times the 2020 estimate. That low p/e helps to cut investor risk. risk…