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The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

BNY in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
The Bank of New York Mellon provides custody, asset-servicing and wealth-management services to institutions and individuals worldwide. It holds and safekeeps securities, handles trust and depositary work, and offers clearing, foreign exchange and liquidity services through several business lines. It also runs an investment-management arm and a wealth business for high-net-worth clients, alongside corporate treasury and other internal functions. It is headquartered in New York and traces its roots to one of the oldest banks in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
BNY carries no seat in our index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector of our universe, within the diversified-banking group that includes custody and asset-servicing houses. Its business sits outside the AI build-out stack, though its data and settlement services touch the financial infrastructure that other firms in our coverage rely on.
Who it is priced against
Our peer group has not been set for this name; the market usually compares it with State Street, another custody-focused bank of similar scale and business mix.
Why Closelook tracks it
BNY holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score yet, so no module readings apply; the diary has not quoted it in an edition to date.
What the diary watches
Whether the split between fee-based custody and asset-servicing income and interest-rate-sensitive treasury income shifts as market activity and rates move.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for BNY, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Banks - Diversified · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Diversified · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against BNY on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.45%, quarterly · last 0.63 USD on 2026-07-27

Dividends and capital return

What BNY pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.22 USD per share · a 1.45% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +13.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.95 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.63 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-27
  • By calendar year 2024: 0.94 USD (partial) · 2025: 2.01 USD · 2026: 1.69 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-07-22

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY)?

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation trades as BNY on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is BNY in a Closelook index?

Not currently — The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does BNY trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.8% vs the 50-day and +13.7% vs the 200-day average, 7.7% below the 52-week high and +50.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation do?

The Bank of New York Mellon provides custody, asset-servicing and wealth-management services to institutions and individuals worldwide. It holds and safekeeps securities, handles trust and depositary work, and offers clearing, foreign exchange and liquidity services through several business lines. It also runs an investment-management arm and a wealth business for high-net-worth clients, alongside corporate treasury and other internal functions. Our peer group has not been set for this name; the market usually compares it with State Street, another custody-focused bank of similar scale and business mix.

Where does The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

BNY carries no seat in our index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector of our universe, within the diversified-banking group that includes custody and asset-servicing houses. Its business sits outside the AI build-out stack, though its data and settlement services touch the financial infrastructure that other firms in our coverage rely on. BNY holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score yet, so no module readings apply; the diary has not quoted it in an edition to date.

Does The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation pay a dividend?

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has paid 2.22 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.45% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.63 USD on 2026-07-27. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BNY, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Banks - Diversified, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.