Bank of New York Mellon Securities Services Segment — Pre-tax operating margin decreased by 5.7% to $0.33 in Q3 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 13.8%, from $0.29 to $0.33. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2024), Securities Services Segment — Pre-tax operating margin shows an upward trend with a 11.4% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
A higher margin indicates superior operational efficiency and the ability to scale the business without proportional increases in costs.
The ratio of pre-tax income to total revenue for the Securities Services segment, representing the percentage of revenue...
A standard profitability ratio used to compare the operational efficiency of business units across different financial institutions.
bk_segment_securities_services_pre_tax_operating_margin| 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 | |
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| Value | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| QoQ Change | — | -32.0% | +11.8% | -15.8% | +6.3% | +47.1% | +8.0% | -3.7% | +11.5% | -20.7% | -8.7% | +33.3% | +10.7% | -6.5% | -3.4% | +10.7% | +12.9% | -5.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -32.0% | +47.1% | +42.1% | +62.5% | +70.6% | -8.0% | -22.2% | +7.7% | +6.9% | +26.1% | +33.3% | +10.7% | +12.9% | +13.8% |