AllianceBernstein (AB) Competitors

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

Is JEF or AB a better dividend stock?

Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AllianceBernstein pays out 88.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JEF or AB?

60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, JEF or AB?

Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than AllianceBernstein. AllianceBernstein is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jefferies Financial Group, 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
Jefferies Financial Group	$7.03B	2.21	$277.69M	$2.98	25.42
AllianceBernstein	$4.16B	1.06	$264.18M	$3.49	10.95

Does the media prefer JEF or AB?

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 10 more articles in the media than AllianceBernstein. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 7 mentions for AllianceBernstein. Jefferies Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat AllianceBernstein's score of 0.22 indicating that Jefferies Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jefferies Financial Group	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AllianceBernstein	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, JEF or AB?

Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate JEF or AB?

Jefferies Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $81.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.82%. AllianceBernstein has a consensus price target of $42.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.93%. Given AllianceBernstein's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AllianceBernstein is more favorable than Jefferies Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jefferies Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AllianceBernstein	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JEF or AB?

Jefferies Financial Group received 182 more outperform votes than AllianceBernstein when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.98% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jefferies Financial Group	Outperform Votes 574 53.64%	Underperform Votes 496 46.36%
AllianceBernstein	Outperform Votes 392 56.98%	Underperform Votes 296 43.02%

Is JEF or AB more profitable?

Jefferies Financial Group has a net margin of 10.57% compared to AllianceBernstein's net margin of 9.22%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 16.23% beat Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jefferies Financial Group	10.57%	7.97%	1.27%
AllianceBernstein	9.22%	16.23%	16.22%

Summary

Jefferies Financial Group beats AllianceBernstein on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.