AllianceBernstein (AB) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AB or NMR?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than AllianceBernstein. Nomura 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	$461.95M	8.93	$423.37M	$3.72	10.04
Nomura	$1.67T	0.01	$1.14B	$0.70	7.75

Is AB or NMR a better dividend stock?

AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. AllianceBernstein pays out 112.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nomura pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AB or NMR?

AllianceBernstein received 156 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.55% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AllianceBernstein	Outperform Votes 393 56.55%	Underperform Votes 302 43.45%
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.86%	Underperform Votes 203 46.14%

Does the media favor AB or NMR?

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein had 20 more articles in the media than Nomura. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for AllianceBernstein and 0 mentions for Nomura. AllianceBernstein's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Nomura's score of 0.00 indicating that AllianceBernstein is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AllianceBernstein	Neutral
Nomura	Neutral

Is AB or NMR more profitable?

AllianceBernstein has a net margin of 9.46% compared to Nomura's net margin of 7.96%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 17.88% beat Nomura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AllianceBernstein	9.46%	17.88%	17.87%
Nomura	7.96%	9.19%	0.56%

Do analysts recommend AB or NMR?

AllianceBernstein currently has a consensus target price of $37.17, suggesting a potential downside of 0.44%. Given AllianceBernstein's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AllianceBernstein is more favorable than Nomura.

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
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AB or NMR?

19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Nomura shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Nomura shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, AB or NMR?

AllianceBernstein has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomura has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AllianceBernstein beats Nomura on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.