Bank of New York Mellon Market and Wealth Services Segment — Goodwill remained flat by 0.0% to $1.48B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 0.4%, from $1.48B to $1.48B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Market and Wealth Services Segment — Goodwill shows relatively stable performance with a 0.9% CAGR.
An increase typically reflects recent acquisitions within the segment, while a decrease may indicate impairment charges or the divestiture of assets. Significant impairment charges can signal that the expected future economic benefits of past acquisitions are not materializing as planned.
This represents the carrying value of goodwill specifically allocated to the Market and Wealth Services business segment...
Peers in the custody and asset management space often report goodwill by segment; investors compare this to the segment's earnings power to assess the efficiency of historical M&A activity.
bk_segment_market_and_wealth_services_segment_goodwill| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $1.42B | $1.42B | $1.44B | $1.43B | $1.43B | $1.42B | $1.42B | $1.43B | $1.43B | $1.43B | $1.43B | $1.48B | $1.48B | $1.48B | $1.48B | $1.48B | $1.48B | $1.48B | $1.48B |
| QoQ Change | — | -0.1% | +0.9% | -0.2% | -0.5% | -0.6% | +0.5% | +0.1% | +0.1% | -0.2% | +0.3% | +3.3% | +0.0% | +0.3% | -0.4% | +0.2% | +0.4% | -0.2% | +0.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +0.1% | -0.4% | -0.8% | -0.4% | +0.2% | +0.6% | +0.4% | +3.5% | +3.4% | +3.9% | +3.2% | +0.1% | +0.5% | +0.0% | +0.4% |