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AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.

$AB·$3.5B·Asset Management·Financial Services
$36.65+0.2%YTD-4.7%1Y-9.1%
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ABAB
$ABAllianceBernstein Holding L.P.
$36.65+0.16%41 posts+8%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $AB, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-08-14

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

AllianceBernstein at 10.8x TTM PE with 8.4% FCF yield — the boring-but-cash-generative asset manager stuck at the 17th percentile.

AllianceBernstein Holding LP is a traditional asset-management franchise — the specific institutional-and-retail asset-manager that generates fee-related earnings from AUM plus performance income. The 2026 story is entirely about whether the durability of fee-related earnings supports the current defensive-value framing.

  • The Q2 mechanics remain stable: revenue of $888M grew slightly YoY, EPS of $0.82 essentially met consensus of $0.83, and preliminary monthly AUM disclosures reflect stable-to-growing asset base — for a business at just 10.8x TTM PE with a 8.4% FCF yield and 25% ROIC, that's the specific value-plus-quality combination where the mechanical stability supports the durable-defensive framing.
  • The stable-AUM setup is the specific structural anchor: consensus FY26 EPS of $3.48 puts the forward at just ~10.5x — deep-value multiple for a scaled asset manager with recurring fee economics, and the durable AUM base supports the current $3.5B market cap even in a fee-compression environment.
  • The tape confirms the stall: shares sit at just the 17th percentile of the 52-week range, essentially flat vs the 50-day and -5.7% vs the 200-day, down 5% YTD, -9% TTM — that's the specific pattern of a name where the market is holding value-discount pending a definitive AUM inflection or performance-income catalyst. Modest director sale (Stonehill $186K on Aug 4) is not distribution.

What breaks the stall upward is the Oct 22 print confirming AUM trajectory continues plus specific commentary on performance-income progression; what deepens the stall is a broader-asset-management-multiple-compression event or a specific outflow signal that reveals the current-fee-earnings run-rate isn't sustainable.

What to watch: Oct 22 Q3 earnings — AUM trajectory, performance-income progression, and any specific outflow signals. Broader asset-management-multiple-compression or a specific outflow signal is what deepens the stall.

On the calendar: 2026-10-22 — Q3 earnings

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X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment11 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-14

$AB chatter is centered on a BNB Chain community memecoin whose founder Abrlien has publicly donated roughly $400K worth of tokens to charity Giggle Academy, framed by supporters as builder-first behavior. Detractors call it a scam and point to the market cap dropping from around $7M to $300K, while others speculate on which BNB community token will hit Aster DEX first.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Global investment manager offering equity, fixed income, and alternative strategies to institutions, pension funds, and high-net-worth individuals.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Asset Management sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $AB.

Asset Management · Financial Services

No material change from last week — AI infrastructure (data centers, power, logistics) and Bitcoin treasury strategies, both of which require patient institutional capital that private market..

What this means for $AB

Partial — Global investment manager offering equity, fixed income, and alternative strategies to institutions, pension funds, and high-net-worth individuals; partial earnings exposure to asset management demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

Top industry ETF

$IAIiShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF
+5.0%YTD
+8.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
10.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
24.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
100%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
8.4%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
11.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
22.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
100%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 28, 2026$0.82$0.83-1.3%
Q1 2026Apr 28, 2026$0.83$0.87-4.6%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$0.96$0.92+4.3%
Q3 2025Oct 23, 2025$0.86$0.85+1.1%
Next earningsThu, Oct 22·consensus EPS $0.87

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$92.3M+11.5%100%100%$0.92$88.5M
Q4 FY25$89.8M-23.0%100%100%$0.90$77.2M
Q3 FY25$81.4M-40.3%100%100%$0.79$71.2M
Q2 FY25$78.8M-35.8%100%100%$0.64$88.7M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$3.7B$3.7B – $3.7B$3.48$3.41 – $3.561
FY27$4.0B$4.0B – $4.0B$3.88$3.74 – $3.971
FY28$4.2B$4.2B – $4.2B$4.19$4.18 – $4.201

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.17%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-5.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 77.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.785-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 4Stonehill Charles G.t.Director5.0K sh$186KSellApr 30Seth P BernsteinCEO29.0K sh$1.1MSellFeb 18Seth P BernsteinCEO26.8K sh$1.1M
+ 6 other (6 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 128-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

AllianceBernstein (AB) furnished a press release disclosing its preliminary assets under management as of July 31, 2026 via a Regulation FD filing. The AUM release was attached as Exhibit 99.01. No specific AUM figure is contained in the filing body; investors should refer to the exhibit for the actual numbers. This is a routine monthly AUM disclosure required under fair disclosure rules.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJul 138-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (AB) and AllianceBernstein L.P. disclosed preliminary assets under management as of June 30, 2026 via a news release furnished under Regulation FD on July 13, 2026. The body references a press release (Exhibit 99.01) as the primary AUM data source; specific AUM figures are not reproduced in the filing body. Routine monthly AUM disclosure; material only if the figure deviates meaningfully from analyst estimates or prior-period trends.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJun 108-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (AB) furnished a Reg FD press release on June 10, 2026 reporting preliminary assets under management as of May 31, 2026. The specific AUM figures are contained in Exhibit 99.01 and are not included in the filing body excerpt. This is a routine monthly AUM disclosure — recurring and informational; the actual figures in the exhibit would indicate whether May saw net inflows, outflows, or market-driven AUM changes.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 128-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (AB) furnished a Reg FD press release on May 11, 2026 reporting preliminary assets under management as of April 30, 2026. The specific AUM figure is contained in Exhibit 99.01 and is not included in the filing body excerpt. Routine monthly AUM disclosure — recurring and informational; no substantive business event occurred beyond publication of end-of-April AUM data.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 138-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 128-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 4 other (2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

AB KN Energies (KNE) will hold an Investor Conference Webinar to introduce unaudited financial results for the six months of 2026globenewswire.com·2d agoAB Announces July 31, 2026 Assets Under Managementprnewswire.com·2d agoBuy 9 August Dividend Power Dogsseekingalpha.com·7d ago3 Ultra-High-Yield Stocks Wall Street Forgot to Mention for August247wallst.com·9d agoCAIS Welcomes New Strategic Investors, Valuing the Company at Over $2 Billionbusinesswire.com·17d ago

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