AB Equity Income A (AUIAX) Fund Ranking and Research

Ranking, Research and Recommendation of AB Equity Income A (AUIAX) Fund

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Fund Manager - Joseph Gerard Paul

Fund Manager Information

Fund Manager Tenure: 8.7 years
Similar Funds: AUIBX AUICX AUIIX AUIKX AUIRX AUIYX
Fund Family: AllianceBernstein
Fund Category: Large Value
Fund Performance: May 30, 2016
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.51) (What does this score mean?)

AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) Profile

Fund Profile and Description

AB Equity Income A Fund seeks current income and long-term capital appreciation. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of net assets in equity securities. It invests primarily in income producing securities, targeting an investment in such securities of at least 65% of total assets. AB Equity Income A Fund seeks current income and capital growth from investments in a wide range of industries. AB Equity Income A Fund may invest in securities of non-U.S. companies, but will limit its investments in any one non-U.S. country to no more than 15% of net assets.

What we like about AB Equity Income A (AUIAX) Fund

Data for AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) as of May 30, 2016

AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) management has been with AB Equity Income A Fund for 8.7 years
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) has good short-term performance (1-year return -1.79% vs -2.36% Large Value category median performance)
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 10.96, lower than category average of 11.7
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) has a lower expense ratio than its Large Value average: 1.03% vs 1.10%

What we are cautious about AB Equity Income A (AUIAX) Fund

Data for AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) as of May 30, 2016

AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return 7.16% vs 7.81% Large Value category median performance)
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return 8.41% vs 9.15% Large Value category median performance)
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) is less safe compared to its Large Value peers
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 117.00% that is higher than the Large Value average of 44.24%. This could mean AB Equity Income A is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) carries a 4.25% load

See AB Equity Income A Fund (AUIAX) performance details as of May 30, 2016

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AB Equity Income A (AUIAX) Fund Net Asset

Track net asset change of AB Equity Income A fund (AUIAX)

Date	Net Asset
05/2016	$742.83M
03/2016	$754.72M
02/2016	$725.50M

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AB Equity Income A (AUIAX) Fund Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of AB Equity Income A fund (AUIAX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
04/2016	0%	99.73%	0%	0.27%
02/2016	0%	98.57%	0%	1.43%
12/2015	0%	99.78%	0%	0.22%

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Top 10 Holdings in AB Equity Income A (AUIAX) Fund

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Apr 29, 2016

Altria Group, Inc. [4.83%]
Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock [4.02%]
Johnson & Johnson Common Stock [3.69%]
Verizon Communications Inc. Com [3.13%]
LyondellBasell Industries NV Or [2.92%]
Microsoft Corporation [2.89%]
Wells Fargo & Company Common St [2.81%]
Dow Chemical Company (The) Comm [2.43%]
HP Inc. Common Stock [2.42%]
Exxon Mobil Corporation Common [2.39%]

Feb 28, 2016

Altria Group, Inc. [4.85%]
Microsoft Corporation [3.85%]
Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock [3.73%]
Johnson & Johnson Common Stock [3.54%]
Verizon Communications Inc. Com [3.19%]
LyondellBasell Industries NV Or [2.9%]
Wells Fargo & Company Common St [2.7%]
Allstate Corporation (The) Comm [2.42%]
First American Corporation (New [2.41%]
Dow Chemical Company (The) Comm [2.3%]

Dec 30, 2015

Altria Group, Inc. [4.4%]
Microsoft Corporation [4.02%]
Pfizer, Inc. Common Stock [3.89%]
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common St [3.74%]
Wells Fargo & Company Common St [3.53%]
Johnson & Johnson Common Stock [3.32%]
LyondellBasell Industries NV Or [3.01%]
Verizon Communications Inc. Com [3%]
Apple Inc. [2.32%]
Allstate Corporation (The) Comm [2.27%]

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