Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE:BK)
After coming over from Visa in July of 2017, CEO Charles Scharf has worked to transform Bank of New York Mellon just as he did with Visa. Under Scharf Visa nearly tripled in price due particularly to his focus on improving their technology infrastructure and diversifying the company through international expansion. At Bank of New York Mellon Scharf has also focused on diversification and technology. While the diversification has hurt margins in the short-term and the investments in technology have lowered current earnings, we believe that the improvements Scharf has made will pay off in the long run. In the short-term Bank of New York Mellon continues to return capital to their shareholders with a recent 11% dividend increase and a nearly $4 billion share repurchase authorization.
From Jeff Auxier (Trades, Portfolio)'s second-quarter 2019 market commentary.
