Centerspace (CSR) Competitors

AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) and Centerspace (NYSE:CSR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AB or CSR?

AllianceBernstein received 358 more outperform votes than Centerspace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.81% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote while only 43.04% of users gave Centerspace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AllianceBernstein	Outperform Votes 392 56.81%	Underperform Votes 298 43.19%
Centerspace	Outperform Votes 34 43.04%	Underperform Votes 45 56.96%

Is AB or CSR a better dividend stock?

AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.08 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. Centerspace pays out -242.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to AB or CSR?

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein had 7 more articles in the media than Centerspace. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AllianceBernstein and 4 mentions for Centerspace. Centerspace's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat AllianceBernstein's score of 0.97 indicating that Centerspace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AllianceBernstein	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Centerspace	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of Centerspace shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Centerspace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AB or CSR?

AllianceBernstein has higher revenue and earnings than Centerspace. Centerspace 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	9.17	$423.37M	$3.72	10.30
Centerspace	$260.98M	4.08	$41.97M	-$1.27	-50.17

Do analysts recommend AB or CSR?

AllianceBernstein presently has a consensus target price of $42.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.60%. Centerspace has a consensus target price of $73.63, indicating a potential upside of 15.54%. Given Centerspace's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Centerspace is more favorable than AllianceBernstein.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AllianceBernstein	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Centerspace	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is AB or CSR more profitable?

AllianceBernstein has a net margin of 9.46% compared to Centerspace's net margin of -4.34%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 17.88% beat Centerspace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AllianceBernstein	9.46%	17.88%	17.87%
Centerspace	-4.34%	-1.34%	-0.60%

Which has more volatility & risk, AB or CSR?

AllianceBernstein has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerspace has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AllianceBernstein beats Centerspace on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.