Safehold (SAFE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein presently has a consensus target price of $37.67, suggesting a potential downside of 8.15%. Safehold has a consensus target price of $25.25, suggesting a potential upside of 60.62%. Given Safehold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Safehold is more favorable than AllianceBernstein.

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
Safehold	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is AB or SAFE a better dividend stock?

AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.70 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 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safehold has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AB or SAFE?

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein had 4 more articles in the media than Safehold. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AllianceBernstein and 11 mentions for Safehold. AllianceBernstein's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Safehold's score of 0.48 indicating that AllianceBernstein is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AllianceBernstein	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Safehold	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	$458.42M	9.89	$423.37M	$3.72	11.02
Safehold	$365.69M	3.08	$105.76M	$1.48	10.62

Is AB or SAFE more profitable?

Safehold has a net margin of 28.92% compared to AllianceBernstein's net margin of 9.46%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 17.88% beat Safehold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AllianceBernstein	9.46%	17.88%	17.87%
Safehold	28.92%	4.76%	1.65%

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

19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Safehold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein received 170 more outperform votes than Safehold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.38% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave Safehold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AllianceBernstein	Outperform Votes 393 56.38%	Underperform Votes 304 43.62%
Safehold	Outperform Votes 223 54.93%	Underperform Votes 183 45.07%

Summary

AllianceBernstein beats Safehold on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.