AllianceBernstein (AB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE:AB) is a global investment management and research firm serving institutional investors, retail clients and private-wealth customers. The company provides investment strategies and advisory services across public and private markets, including equities, fixed income, multi-asset portfolios, alternatives and sustainable investing.

AllianceBernstein’s offerings include actively managed mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, separately managed accounts, institutional mandates and private-market solutions. Its research capabilities cover global markets, companies, industries, economies and credit, supporting portfolio management and investment decision-making for clients with a range of objectives and risk profiles.

The firm traces its history to the combination of Alliance Capital and Sanford C. Bernstein in 2000, bringing together Alliance’s asset-management platform and Bernstein’s research and wealth-management businesses. AllianceBernstein serves clients through operations and distribution networks spanning North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America, and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $34.96 to $35.33
• 50-Day Range: $34.85 to $37.88
• 52-Week Range: $34.58 to $44.11
• Volume: 265,365 shs
• Average Volume: 309,301 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.26 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.35
• Dividend Yield: 9.37%
• Price Target: $38.88
• Consensus Rating: Hold

AllianceBernstein Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AllianceBernstein scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 445th out of 839 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

AllianceBernstein has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

AllianceBernstein has a consensus price target of $38.88, representing about 11.1% upside from its current price of $35.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AllianceBernstein has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.09%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AllianceBernstein are expected to grow by 10.09% in the coming year, from $3.47 to $3.82 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AllianceBernstein is 10.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AllianceBernstein is 10.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.40.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

AllianceBernstein has a PEG Ratio of 1.15. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AllianceBernstein has a P/B Ratio of 2.61. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.98% of the float of AllianceBernstein has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AllianceBernstein has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.23, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AllianceBernstein has recently increased by 11.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

AllianceBernstein is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 9.37%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

AllianceBernstein does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of AllianceBernstein is 97.04%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, AllianceBernstein will have a dividend payout ratio of 85.86% in the coming year. This indicates that AllianceBernstein may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

AllianceBernstein has a news sentiment score of 0.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for AllianceBernstein this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 16 people have searched for AB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -27% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

19 people have added AllianceBernstein to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 850% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AllianceBernstein insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $185,850.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.70% of the stock of AllianceBernstein is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

19.25% of the stock of AllianceBernstein is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Record date for 8/27 Dividend: 8/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/27 Dividend: 8/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/27/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AB
• CIK: 825313
• Web: www.alliancebernstein.com
• Phone: (615) 622-0000
• Fax: 212-969-2293
• Employees: 4,468
• Year Founded: 1967

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for AllianceBernstein: $38.88
• High Price Target: $39.50
• Low Price Target: $38.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.38
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.35
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.09
• P/E Growth: 1.15
• Net Income: $299.84 million
• Net Margins: 6.60%
• Pretax Margin: 7.25%
• Return on Equity: 25.94%
• Return on Assets: 25.92%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.72
• Cash Flow: $3.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.59
• Book Value: $13.42 per share
• Price / Book: 2.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 93,070,000
• Free Float: 90,562,000
• Market Cap: $3.26 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.79