AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) and Green Street Capital (OTCMKTS:JAGR) Critical Analysis

Green Street Capital (OTCMKTS:JAGR) and AllianceBernstein (NYSE:AB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Green Street Capital and AllianceBernstein”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AllianceBernstein	$4.48 billion	0.79	$423.37 million	$3.04	12.82

AllianceBernstein has higher revenue and earnings than Green Street Capital.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Green Street Capital and AllianceBernstein, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Street Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00
AllianceBernstein	1	6	1	0	2.00

AllianceBernstein has a consensus target price of $41.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.33%. Given AllianceBernstein’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AllianceBernstein is more favorable than Green Street Capital.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

19.3% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by institutional investors. 72.4% of Green Street Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of AllianceBernstein shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Green Street Capital and AllianceBernstein’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A
AllianceBernstein	7.09%	20.56%	20.54%

Summary

AllianceBernstein beats Green Street Capital on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Street Capital

Green Street Capital Corp. invests in environmental technology companies that require capital for expansion or are pursuing acquisition strategies. It also recycles grease trap waste for the production of biomass feedstock used in blending biofuels. Green Street Capital Corp. was formerly known as Jaguar Mining Enterprises Inc. and changed its name to Green Street Capital Corp. in July 2010. The company is based in Tampa, Florida.

About AllianceBernstein

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm is a related adviser The firm manages separate client focused portfolios for its clients. The firm primarily invests in common and preferred stocks, warrants and convertible securities, government and corporate fxed-income securities, commodities, currencies, real estate-related assets and infation-protected securities. The firm employs quantitative analysis along with long-term purchases, short-term purchases, trading, short sales, margin transactions, option strategies including writing covered options, uncovered options and spread strategies to make its investments. The firm obtains external research to complement its in-house research. The firm was formerly known as Alliance Capital Management Holding LP. AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. was founded in 1967 and is based in Nashville,Tennessee.