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NYSE:AB

AllianceBernstein (AB) Competitors

$30.89
+0.01 (+0.03%)
(As of 09/27/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$30.70
$31.03
50-Day Range
$29.25
$34.20
52-Week Range
$29.05
$42.00
Volume
195,305 shs
Average Volume
297,419 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.51 billion
P/E Ratio
13.61
Dividend Yield
7.90%
Price Target
$42.38

AB vs. LAZ, STEP, MC, FHI, CNS, JHG, APAM, AMG, VCTR, and HLNE

Should you be buying AllianceBernstein stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AllianceBernstein include Lazard (LAZ), StepStone Group (STEP), Moelis & Company (MC), Federated Hermes (FHI), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Victory Capital (VCTR), and Hamilton Lane (HLNE). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.

AllianceBernstein vs.

Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) and AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Lazard pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Lazard pays out -1,111.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AllianceBernstein pays out 107.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lazard has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Lazard has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lazard received 232 more outperform votes than AllianceBernstein when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.03% of users gave Lazard an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LazardOutperform Votes
610
65.03%
Underperform Votes
328
34.97%
AllianceBernsteinOutperform Votes
378
56.84%
Underperform Votes
287
43.16%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lazard$2.86B1.21$357.52M-$0.18-169.66
AllianceBernstein$4.05B0.87$274.17M$2.2713.61

57.6% of Lazard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Lazard shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Lazard had 5 more articles in the media than AllianceBernstein. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lazard and 2 mentions for AllianceBernstein. AllianceBernstein's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Lazard's score of -0.07 indicating that Lazard is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lazard
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AllianceBernstein
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AllianceBernstein has a net margin of 6.19% compared to AllianceBernstein's net margin of 0.07%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 30.45% beat Lazard's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lazard0.07% 30.45% 3.27%
AllianceBernstein 6.19%14.70%13.94%

Lazard currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.98%. AllianceBernstein has a consensus price target of $42.38, indicating a potential upside of 37.18%. Given Lazard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AllianceBernstein is more favorable than Lazard.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lazard
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
AllianceBernstein
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

Lazard beats AllianceBernstein on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AB vs. The Competition

MetricAllianceBernsteinInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.51B$6.76B$6.71B$15.14B
Dividend Yield7.90%24.03%12.83%3.76%
P/E Ratio13.6135.1881.4818.28
Price / Sales0.873.753,498.368.55
Price / Cash11.7323.4034.5716.91
Price / Book1.703.051.986.55
Net Income$274.17M$291.28M$714.60M$901.45M
7 Day Performance-3.04%-0.81%-1.17%-1.20%
1 Month Performance-0.45%-2.26%0.46%-4.47%
1 Year Performance-16.31%12.11%3.83%6.87%

AllianceBernstein Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAZ
Lazard
2.7529 of 5 stars
$30.34
-2.7%
$40.00
+31.8%
-4.4%$3.42B$2.86B-168.553,402Analyst Report
STEP
StepStone Group
1.7086 of 5 stars
$30.89
-0.7%
$32.00
+3.6%
+25.2%$3.37B$1.37B147.10966
MC
Moelis & Company
1.6684 of 5 stars
$44.43
-2.0%
$35.60
-19.9%
+32.9%$3.16B$985.30M83.831,107Positive News
FHI
Federated Hermes
2.7726 of 5 stars
$34.05
-1.9%
$41.60
+22.2%
+3.5%$3.01B$1.45B11.351,961Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.4005 of 5 stars
$60.17
-1.4%
$68.00
+13.0%
-8.7%$3.00B$512.00M20.68388Short Interest ↓
JHG
Janus Henderson Group
2.2788 of 5 stars
$25.53
-3.8%
$25.09
-1.7%
+19.0%$4.23B$2.20B12.102,200Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
APAM
Artisan Partners Asset Management
2.0497 of 5 stars
$36.34
-2.0%
$34.75
-4.4%
+29.1%$2.67B$993.30M12.57549Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
2.7893 of 5 stars
$131.73
-0.9%
$180.08
+36.7%
+16.3%$4.66B$2.15B4.893,950Short Interest ↑
Positive News
VCTR
Victory Capital
2.7492 of 5 stars
$33.33
-1.5%
$38.14
+14.4%
+41.7%$2.19B$854.80M10.13512News Coverage
Positive News
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
2.9779 of 5 stars
$90.17
-0.4%
$92.00
+2.0%
+44.6%$4.87B$528.75M30.99600Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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