AllianceBernstein (AB) Competitors

Focus Financial Partners (NASDAQ:FOCS) and AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts rate FOCS or AB?

AllianceBernstein has a consensus target price of $41.19, indicating a potential upside of 22.76%. Given Focus Financial Partners' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AllianceBernstein is more favorable than Focus Financial Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Focus Financial Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
AllianceBernstein	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FOCS or AB?

AllianceBernstein received 188 more outperform votes than Focus Financial Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.42% of users gave Focus Financial Partners an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Focus Financial Partners	Outperform Votes 196 62.42%	Underperform Votes 118 37.58%
AllianceBernstein	Outperform Votes 384 56.80%	Underperform Votes 292 43.20%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FOCS or AB?

87.0% of Focus Financial Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Focus Financial Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, FOCS or AB?

Focus Financial Partners has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FOCS or AB?

In the previous week, Focus Financial Partners and Focus Financial Partners both had 3 articles in the media. Focus Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat AllianceBernstein's score of 0.53 indicating that AllianceBernstein is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Focus Financial Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AllianceBernstein	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FOCS or AB more profitable?

AllianceBernstein has a net margin of 6.47% compared to AllianceBernstein's net margin of 2.77%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 24.55% beat Focus Financial Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Focus Financial Partners	2.77%	24.55%	6.52%
AllianceBernstein	6.47%	15.27%	15.27%

Which has better earnings and valuation, FOCS or AB?

AllianceBernstein has higher revenue and earnings than Focus Financial Partners. AllianceBernstein is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Focus Financial Partners, 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
Focus Financial Partners	$2.21B	1.88	$91.78M	$0.05	1,059.80
AllianceBernstein	$4.16B	0.93	$264.18M	$2.41	13.92

Summary

AllianceBernstein beats Focus Financial Partners on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.