Acadian Asset Management (AAMI) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AB or AAMI?

19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Acadian Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Acadian Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AB or AAMI?

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein had 1 more articles in the media than Acadian Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AllianceBernstein and 5 mentions for Acadian Asset Management. Acadian Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat AllianceBernstein's score of 0.47 indicating that Acadian Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AllianceBernstein	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Acadian Asset Management	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, AB or AAMI?

AllianceBernstein has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acadian Asset Management. AllianceBernstein is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Asset Management, 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	9.51	$423.37M	$3.72	10.59
Acadian Asset Management	$519.80M	2.14	$85M	$2.41	12.92

Which has more risk & volatility, AB or AAMI?

AllianceBernstein has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadian Asset Management has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AB or AAMI a better dividend stock?

AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Acadian Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. 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. Acadian Asset Management pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is AB or AAMI more profitable?

Acadian Asset Management has a net margin of 16.81% compared to AllianceBernstein's net margin of 9.46%. Acadian Asset Management's return on equity of 1,000.27% beat AllianceBernstein's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AllianceBernstein	9.46%	17.88%	17.87%
Acadian Asset Management	16.81%	1,000.27%	18.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AB or AAMI?

AllianceBernstein received 393 more outperform votes than Acadian Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.22% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Acadian Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AllianceBernstein	Outperform Votes 393 56.22%	Underperform Votes 306 43.78%
Acadian Asset Management	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 4 100.00%

Do analysts recommend AB or AAMI?

AllianceBernstein presently has a consensus price target of $37.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.40%. Acadian Asset Management has a consensus price target of $25.67, suggesting a potential downside of 17.58%. Given AllianceBernstein's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe AllianceBernstein is more favorable than Acadian Asset Management.

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
Acadian Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

AllianceBernstein and Acadian Asset Management tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.