Safehold (SAFE) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safehold has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein currently has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.44%. Safehold has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.88%. Given Safehold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Safehold is more favorable than AllianceBernstein.

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
Safehold	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein has higher revenue and earnings than Safehold. AllianceBernstein is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safehold, 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	8.85	$423.37M	$3.72	9.94
Safehold	$365.69M	2.99	$105.76M	$1.48	10.32

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AB or SAFE?

19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Safehold shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Safehold shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AB or SAFE?

AllianceBernstein received 170 more outperform votes than Safehold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.47% of users gave AllianceBernstein an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Safehold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AllianceBernstein	Outperform Votes 393 56.47%	Underperform Votes 303 43.53%
Safehold	Outperform Votes 223 55.06%	Underperform Votes 182 44.94%

Is AB or SAFE a better dividend stock?

AllianceBernstein pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Safehold pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. Safehold pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor AB or SAFE?

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein had 12 more articles in the media than Safehold. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AllianceBernstein and 4 mentions for Safehold. Safehold's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat AllianceBernstein's score of 0.47 indicating that Safehold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AllianceBernstein	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Safehold	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is AB or SAFE more profitable?

Safehold has a net margin of 28.92% compared to AllianceBernstein's net margin of 9.46%. AllianceBernstein's return on equity of 17.88% beat Safehold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AllianceBernstein	9.46%	17.88%	17.87%
Safehold	28.92%	4.76%	1.65%

Summary

AllianceBernstein and Safehold tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.