AllianceBernstein (AB) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FOCS or AB?

AllianceBernstein has a consensus price target of $43.40, suggesting a potential upside of 16.71%. Given AllianceBernstein's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	0.00
AllianceBernstein	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk and volatility, FOCS or AB?

Focus Financial Partners has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FOCS or AB?

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein had 10 more articles in the media than Focus Financial Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AllianceBernstein and 0 mentions for Focus Financial Partners. Focus Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat AllianceBernstein's score of 0.37 indicating that Focus Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Focus Financial Partners	Positive
AllianceBernstein	Neutral

Which has preferable 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	1.03	$264.18M	$3.49	10.65

Is FOCS or AB more profitable?

AllianceBernstein has a net margin of 9.22% compared to Focus Financial Partners' net margin of 2.77%. Focus Financial Partners' return on equity of 24.55% beat AllianceBernstein's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Focus Financial Partners	2.77%	24.55%	6.52%
AllianceBernstein	9.22%	16.23%	16.22%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FOCS or AB?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FOCS or AB?

AllianceBernstein received 196 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 57.06% 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 392 57.06%	Underperform Votes 295 42.94%

Summary

AllianceBernstein beats Focus Financial Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.