---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000825313-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AB"
cik: "0000825313"
company_name: "ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P."
filed_at: "2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T22:12:28.450206+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AllianceBernstein Q4 GAAP EPU $0.59, down 53.5% YoY; AUM falls 17% to $646.4B

## Summary
- GAAP diluted net income $0.59/unit vs $1.27 in Q4 2021; adjusted diluted EPU $0.70 vs $1.29.
- Q4 net revenues $990M (-21.7% YoY); operating income $203.7M (-48.1%); operating margin 20.0% vs 30.8%.
- Ending AUM $646.4B (-17% YoY); full-year average AUM $686.5B (-6.1% vs 2021).
- Adjusted operating margin for Q4 28.9% vs 38.5%; full-year margin 28.4% vs 33.6%.
- Q4 cash distribution $0.70/unit (-45.7% vs $1.29); CEO cites extraordinary market headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000825313-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AB
- cik: 0000825313
- company_name: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P.
- filed_at: 2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825313/000082531323000005/0000825313-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825313/000082531323000005/ab-20230208.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000825313-23-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: AllianceBernstein L.P. and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (collectively, “AB”) are furnishing their news release issued on February 8, 2023 announcing financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 and the availability of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (the “4Q22 Release”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825313/000082531323000005/0000825313-23-000005-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.