AB
AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.
AB's fundamentals are mixed: earnings per share grew 11%. At 10x earnings, it's trading below its usual 12x. Analysts expect earnings to hold roughly steady.
AB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Unavailable | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
AB's profitability is currently strong. There isn't enough data to rate its revenue. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like AB.
AB PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9.5x | $33.60 | — |
| Cheap | 10x | $35.15 | +4.6% |
| Current | 10x | $33.60 | — |
| Fair | 12x | $40.78 | +21% |
| Expensive | 14x | $47.54 | +41% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
AB's PE is in its cheap range at 10x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 9.5x.
AB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Stable | |
| Strong growth | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect AB's revenue to grow, but its profitability to weaken.
AB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.55 | +6.1% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.35 | +11% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.35 | -0.3% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.22 | -13% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.97 | -20% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.03 | -13% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.36 | +17% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.71 | +53% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.71 | +59% |
AB earned $3.35 per share over the past year, up 11% from the year before.
AB Quarterly Revenue
AB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $76.4M | +7.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $76.9M | -13% |
| Q1 2026 | $88.5M | -23% |
| Q4 2025 | $77.2M | -12% |
| Q3 2025 | $71.2M | -12% |
| Q2 2025 | $88.7M | +5.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $115.3M | +31% |
| Q4 2024 | $87.5M | +20% |
AB's free cash flow was $319M over the past year, down 12% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like AB.
AB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.2% | -1.1M shares |
| 1 year | +1% | +938K shares |
| 3 years | -18% | -19.9M shares |
| 5 years | -6.9% | -6.8M shares |
| Available history | -6.4% | -6.3M shares |
AB has 92M diluted shares, up 1% from a year ago, despite $90M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $38.3M |
| Q2 2026 | $16.9M |
| Q1 2026 | $4.7M |
| Q4 2025 | $29.8M |
| Q3 2025 | $3.9M |
| Q2 2025 | $12.3M |
| Q1 2025 | $26.1M |
| Q4 2024 | — |
AB spent $90M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 112% from the year before.
AB Net Leverage
AB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 13.3 | Oversold |
AB's weekly RSI is 32 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 13 (oversold).
AB PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | AB | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 10x | 13x | 23% below |
| PE % | 7 | 63 | 56 pts below |
AB is trading at 10x earnings, a 23% discount to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
AB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $34.8 | 3.4% below |
| 20 week MA | $36.0 | 6.7% below |
| 50 week MA | $37.6 | 11% below |
| 100 week MA | $38.3 | 12% below |
| 200 week MA | $36.0 | 6.7% below |
AB is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 6.7% below its 200-week average.
AB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $30.0 | $33.4 | +11% |
| 2021 | $33.4 | $49.0 | +47% |
| 2022 | $49.0 | $34.3 | -30% |
| 2023 | $34.3 | $31.0 | -9.5% |
| 2024 | $31.0 | $37.2 | +20% |
| 2025 | $37.2 | $39.2 | +5.2% |
| 2026 YTD | $39.2 | $33.6 | -14% |
AB has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's down 14% so far in 2026.