AllianceBernstein - AB Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AllianceBernstein in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" AB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for AllianceBernstein's stock. Their AB share price forecasts range from $41.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $43.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.4% from the stock's current price.
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AllianceBernstein's stock was trading at $34.37 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AB shares have increased by 3.8% and is now trading at $35.69.
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AllianceBernstein saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 584,100 shares, a decline of 9.8% from the February 28th total of 647,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 307,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 5th 2023.
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AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE:AB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 9th. The asset manager reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.13. The asset manager earned $990.18 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.50 billion. AllianceBernstein had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.94% and a net margin of 6.76%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 21.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.29 EPS.

AllianceBernstein declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Thursday, March 16th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.85%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 17th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.64.
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ETFs with the largest weight of AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) stock in their portfolio include InfraCap Equity Income Fund ETF (ICAP) and RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF (RFDA).Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC).

AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.03%. AB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 103.32%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, AB will have a dividend payout ratio of 97.22% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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AllianceBernstein trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AB."

AllianceBernstein's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.96%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.24%), Morgan Stanley (1.18%), Citigroup Inc. (0.45%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.40%) and LPL Financial LLC (0.34%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles GT Stonehill, Karl Sprules, Kate C Burke, Laurence E Cranch and Mark R Manley.
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Shares of AB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.69.

AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) has a market capitalization of $4.06 billion and generates $305.50 million in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $274.17 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.71 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,436 workers across the globe.

AllianceBernstein's mailing address is 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10105. The official website for the company is www.abglobal.com. The asset manager can be reached via phone at (615) 622-0000, via email at mark.griffin@alliancebernstein.com, or via fax at 212-969-2293.