Safehold (SAFE) Competitors

AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) and Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein currently has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.66%. Safehold has a consensus price target of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 45.00%. Given Safehold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than AllianceBernstein.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AllianceBernstein	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Safehold	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safehold has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein has higher revenue and earnings than Safehold. Safehold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AllianceBernstein, 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	$4.48B	1.03	$423.37M	$3.72	11.16
Safehold	$365.68M	3.08	$105.76M	$1.46	10.75

Is AB or SAFE more profitable?

Safehold has a net margin of 28.20% compared to AllianceBernstein's net margin of 9.44%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 18.27% beat Safehold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AllianceBernstein	9.44%	18.27%	18.26%
Safehold	28.20%	4.76%	1.64%

Is AB or SAFE a better dividend stock?

AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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. Safehold pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safehold has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

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

19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Safehold shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Safehold shares are owned 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.

Does the media refer more to AB or SAFE?

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein had 9 more articles in the media than Safehold. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for AllianceBernstein and 3 mentions for Safehold. Safehold's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat AllianceBernstein's score of 0.10 indicating that Safehold 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Safehold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Safehold beats AllianceBernstein on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.