SII vs AB Comparison

Sprott Inc is an alternative asset manager. The company has four reportable segments: Exchange Listed Products, which derives key revenue, and includes management services to the company's closed-end physical trusts and exchange-traded funds, both of which are actively traded on public securities exchanges; Managed equities segment provides asset management and sub-advisory services to the company's branded funds, fixed-term LPs and managed accounts; Private strategies which provide lending and streaming activities through limited partnership vehicles; and the Corporate segment which provides capital, balance sheet management and enterprise shared services to the company's subsidiaries. Geographically, it derives key revenue from Canada, followed by the United States.

AllianceBernstein provides investment management services to institutional (42% of assets under management), retail (40%), and private (18%) clients through products that include mutual funds, hedge funds, and separately managed accounts. At the end of July 2026, the company had $909.0 billion in managed assets, composed primarily of fixed-income (35% of AUM) and equity (40%) strategies, with other investments (including asset allocation services and certain other alternative investments) accounting for the remainder.