AllianceBernstein Holding LP (AllianceBernstein Holding LP) Graham Number

: $34.53 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-23), the stock price of AllianceBernstein Holding LP is $33.63. AllianceBernstein Holding LP's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34.53. Therefore, AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.97.

The historical rank and industry rank for AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

AB' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.85 Med: 0.94 Max: 1.24
Current: 0.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of AllianceBernstein Holding LP was 1.24. The lowest was 0.85. And the median was 0.94.

AB's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
61.57% of 1124 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs AB: 0.97

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.

AllianceBernstein Holding LP Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Graham Number can be seen below:

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AllianceBernstein Holding LP Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Graham Number

31.63

34.34

39.29

36.55

35.00

AllianceBernstein Holding LP Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Graham Number																36.16	34.60	33.93	33.64	34.53

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

AllianceBernstein Holding LP Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.

AllianceBernstein Holding LP Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

	Graham Number
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	Tangible Book per Share	*	EPS without NRI)
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	18.143	*	3)
=	35.00

AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

	Graham Number
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	Tangible Book per Share	*	EPS without NRI (TTM))
=	sqrt of (22.5	*	18.143	*	2.92)
=	34.53

AllianceBernstein Holding LP (NYSE:AB) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

AllianceBernstein Holding LP's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number	=	Share Price (Today)	/	Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	33.63	/	34.53
	=	0.97

Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.

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AllianceBernstein Holding LP (AllianceBernstein Holding LP) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

501 Commerce Street, Nashville, TN, USA, 37203

Website

https://www.alliancebernstein.com

AllianceBernstein provides investment management services to institutional (44% of assets under management), retail (39%), and private (17%) clients through products that includes mutual funds, hedge funds, and separately managed accounts. At the end of October 2023, AB had $652 billion in managed assets, composed primarily of fixed-income (39% of AUM) and equity (42%) strategies, with other investments (made up of asset allocation services and certain other alternative investments) accounting for the remainder. The company also provides sell-side research and brokerage services through its Sanford Bernstein subsidiary (which has been put in available-for-sale status following the joint venture agreement with Société Générale).

Executives

Thomas Simeone	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 501 COMMERCE STREET, NASHVILLE TN 37203
Kate C Burke	officer: Head of Human Capital and CTO	/CO ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Joan M Lammtennant	director	40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Karl Sprules	officer: Head of Global Tech and Ops	C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Mark R Manley	officer: SVP/Acting GC of Gen. Partner	C/O ALLIANCE CAPITAL, 1345 AVENUE OF AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Onur Erzan	officer: Head, Gl. Cl. Grp. & Pr. Wlth.	C/O ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN L.P., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Stonehill Charles G.t.	director	C/O EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC., 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10104
Todd Walthall	director	C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Laurence E Cranch	officer: General Counsel	ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Ali Dibadj	officer: CFO and Head of Strategy	C/O JANUS HENDERSON GROUP, 151 DETROIT STREET, DENVER CO 80206
Bertram L Scott	director	C/O BECTON DICKERSON & CO, 1 BECTON DR, FRANKLIN LAKES NJ 07417
James A Gingrich	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Seth P Bernstein	director, officer: President and CEO	C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING, L.P., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Nella Domenici	director	C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
John C Weisenseel	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105