The stock of AllianceBernstein Holding Lp (AB) has gone up by 0.77% for the week, with a 2.44% rise in the past month and a 4.14% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.69%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 1.38% for AB. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.49% for AB’s stock, with a simple moving average of 6.85% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in AllianceBernstein Holding Lp (NYSE: AB) Right Now?
AllianceBernstein Holding Lp (NYSE: AB) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 10.33x compared to its average ratio. AB has 36-month beta value of 0.98. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for AB is 107.00M, and currently, short sellers hold a 0.87% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AB on March 28, 2025 was 811.15K shares.
AB) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of AllianceBernstein Holding Lp (NYSE: AB) has dropped by -0.12 compared to previous close of 38.37. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 0.77% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-03-27 that Investors interested in stocks from the Financial – Investment Management sector have probably already heard of AllianceBernstein (AB) and Carlyle Group (CG). But which of these two stocks presents investors with the better value opportunity right now?
Analysts’ Opinion of AB
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AB stocks, with TD Cowen repeating the rating for AB by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for AB in the upcoming period, according to TD Cowen is $38.50 based on the research report published on February 25, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AB reach a price target of $35. The rating they have provided for AB stocks is “Equal Weight” according to the report published on August 27th, 2024.
TD Cowen gave a rating of “Outperform” to AB, setting the target price at $36 in the report published on January 04th of the previous year.
AB Trading at 1.21% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AB to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -7.37% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.38%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 0.69%, as shares surge +1.57% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +6.34% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AB rose by +0.58%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +15.18% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $37.76. In addition, AllianceBernstein Holding Lp saw 3.32% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AB starting from Equitable Holdings, Inc., who purchase 700,000 shares at the price of $35.12 back on Sep 20 ’24. After this action, Equitable Holdings, Inc. now owns 3,766,838 shares of AllianceBernstein Holding Lp, valued at $24,581,900 using the latest closing price.
Equitable Holdings, Inc., the of AllianceBernstein Holding Lp, purchase 500,000 shares at $34.18 during a trade that took place back on Sep 20 ’24, which means that Equitable Holdings, Inc. is holding 3,066,838 shares at $17,091,700 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AB
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.89 for the present operating margin
- 1.0 for the gross margin
The net margin for AllianceBernstein Holding Lp stands at 0.92. The total capital return value is set at 0.2. Equity return is now at value 20.63, with 20.59 for asset returns.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 9.17.
Conclusion
To put it simply, AllianceBernstein Holding Lp (AB) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
