Uniti Group (UNIT) Competitors

AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) and Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Is AB or UNIT more profitable?

AllianceBernstein has a net margin of 9.46% compared to Uniti Group's net margin of 8.82%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 17.88% beat Uniti Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AllianceBernstein	9.46%	17.88%	17.87%
Uniti Group	8.82%	-4.12%	2.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AB or UNIT?

Uniti Group received 49 more outperform votes than AllianceBernstein when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.68% of users gave Uniti Group an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AllianceBernstein	Outperform Votes 393 56.22%	Underperform Votes 306 43.78%
Uniti Group	Outperform Votes 442 65.68%	Underperform Votes 231 34.32%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AB or UNIT?

19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Uniti Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AB or UNIT a better dividend stock?

AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Uniti Group pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. AllianceBernstein pays out 86.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Uniti Group pays out 173.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, AB or UNIT?

AllianceBernstein has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uniti Group has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend AB or UNIT?

AllianceBernstein currently has a consensus target price of $37.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.87%. Uniti Group has a consensus target price of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 32.19%. Given Uniti Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than AllianceBernstein.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AllianceBernstein	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Uniti Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AB or UNIT?

AllianceBernstein has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Uniti Group. AllianceBernstein is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uniti Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AllianceBernstein	$458.42M	9.87	$423.37M	$3.72	10.99
Uniti Group	$1.17B	0.97	-$81.71M	$0.26	17.94

Does the media refer more to AB or UNIT?

In the previous week, Uniti Group had 3 more articles in the media than AllianceBernstein. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Uniti Group and 14 mentions for AllianceBernstein. AllianceBernstein's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Uniti Group's score of 0.89 indicating that AllianceBernstein is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AllianceBernstein	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Uniti Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Uniti Group beats AllianceBernstein on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.