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