MC vs. AB, STEP, CNS, APAM, LAZ, VCTR, AMG, FHI, AMK, and JHG
Should you be buying Moelis & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moelis & Company include AllianceBernstein (AB), StepStone Group (STEP), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Lazard (LAZ), Victory Capital (VCTR), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Federated Hermes (FHI), AssetMark Financial (AMK), and Janus Henderson Group (JHG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) and AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Moelis & Company currently has a consensus price target of $50.80, suggesting a potential downside of 10.34%. AllianceBernstein has a consensus price target of $41.19, suggesting a potential upside of 21.68%. Given AllianceBernstein's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AllianceBernstein is more favorable than Moelis & Company.
AllianceBernstein received 77 more outperform votes than Moelis & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.85% of users gave Moelis & Company an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote.
Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Moelis & Company pays out -1,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AllianceBernstein pays out 121.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
AllianceBernstein has a net margin of 6.47% compared to Moelis & Company's net margin of -1.33%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 15.27% beat Moelis & Company's return on equity.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 8 more articles in the media than AllianceBernstein. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Moelis & Company and 9 mentions for AllianceBernstein. AllianceBernstein's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Moelis & Company's score of 0.73 indicating that AllianceBernstein is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Moelis & Company shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AllianceBernstein has higher revenue and earnings than Moelis & Company. Moelis & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AllianceBernstein, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AllianceBernstein beats Moelis & Company on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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