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

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AllianceBernstein	$4.48 billion	0.87	$423.37 million	$3.04	14.07
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

AllianceBernstein has higher revenue and earnings than Green Street Capital.

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for AllianceBernstein and Green Street Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

AllianceBernstein presently has a consensus target price of $41.83, indicating a potential downside of 2.20%. Given Green Street Capital’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Green Street Capital is more favorable than AllianceBernstein.

Summary

AllianceBernstein beats Green Street Capital on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.