BNY Mellon management check
BNY · Financials · Asset Management & Custody Banks · CEO Robin Vince
Filings as of
4 good · 3 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Good
Have owners done well?
Beat its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $316, against $203 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Good
Does pay follow performance?
Pay rose and fell with returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.99 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
1.5% of net income$83.5m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $5.6bn of net income.
- Watch
Do they own the stock?
CEO stake ≈ 1.3 years of payThe CEO holds 650,627.01 shares, directly or through trusts (unvested awards not counted): about 1.3 years of pay. 2 insiders sold $6.0m in the last six months and none bought. 5 of 9 sales ran on pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -4.6% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 0.0% of revenue in the latest year.
- Watch
Is leadership stable?
2 CEOs in the pay tableCEOs in the pay table: Robin Vince, Todd Gibbons. 8 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2022.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Financials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 100 | 49 | |
| Pay for performance | 100 | 83 | |
| CEO cost | 35 | 67 | |
| Skin in the game | 20 | 51 | |
| Dilution | 100 | 69 | |
| Stable leadership | 45 | 80 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Asset Management & Custody Banks, by management score. BNY Mellon is 34th of 72 in its sector.
- 48STTState Street Corporation80
- 65APOApollo Global Management79
- 66NTRSNorthern Trust79
- 165BNYBNY Mellon71
- 171AMPAmeriprise Financial71
- 243BLKBlackRock65
- 268ARESAres Management63
- 329TROWT. Rowe Price59
- 390IVZInvesco55
- 420BENFranklin Resources50
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 5, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Robin Vince, Todd Gibbons | $83.5m | $118.0m | $11.0m | $316 | $203 | $5.6bn |
| 2024 | — | $23.3m | $46.8m | $10.3m | $204 | $177 | $4.5bn |
| 2023 | — | $16.8m | $20.1m | $7.7m | $135 | $135 | $3.3bn |
| 2022 | — | $14.1m | $11.0m | $8.7m | $114 | $121 | $2.5bn |
| 2021 | — | $14.1m | $26.9m | $6.5m | $141 | $135 | $3.8bn |
The board says pay is tied most to Adjusted ROTCE. Its other key measures: Average Adjusted ROTCE, Total Revenue, Operating Leverage, OEPS.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Robin A. Vince (Chairman & CEO) held 650,627.01 shares directly after their latest Form 4 on Jul 16, 2026, roughly $104.8m at that filing's price.
2 insiders sold $6.0m in the last six months and none bought. 5 of 9 sales ran on pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans.
- SoldDermot McDonoghChief Financial Officer$4.9mJul 29, 2026
- SoldJose MinayaSenior Executive VP · 10b5-1 plan$1.1mSep 28, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Oct 16, 2026Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Aug 13, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 17, 2026Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Dec 11, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 8, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Dec 5, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 18, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 5, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 30, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Aug 31, 2022Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Aug 9, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 6, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: Apr 17, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $20.2bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 103% of net income, and $1.0m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.9bn | $16.5bn | $17.7bn | $18.6bn | $20.1bn |
| Net income | $3.8bn | $2.6bn | $3.3bn | $4.5bn | $5.5bn |
| Stock-based pay | — | — | $0 | $0 | $1.0m |
| Buybacks | $4.6bn | $124.0m | $2.6bn | $3.1bn | $3.5bn |
| Dividends | $1.1bn | $1.2bn | $1.3bn | $1.3bn | $1.4bn |
| Diluted shares | 856m | 815m | 788m | 748m | 717m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.