FHI vs. AMK, DBRG, PJT, HPH, VCTR, APAM, CIXXF, CNS, GCMG, and AB
Should you be buying Federated Hermes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federated Hermes include AssetMark Financial (AMK), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), PJT Partners (PJT), Highest Performances (HPH), Victory Capital (VCTR), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), CI Financial (CIXXF), Cohen & Steers (CNS), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), and AllianceBernstein (AB). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Federated Hermes (NYSE:FHI) and AssetMark Financial (NYSE:AMK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, AssetMark Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Federated Hermes. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AssetMark Financial and 1 mentions for Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat AssetMark Financial's score of 0.11 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Federated Hermes currently has a consensus target price of $38.29, suggesting a potential upside of 16.76%. AssetMark Financial has a consensus target price of $33.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.56%. Given Federated Hermes' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Federated Hermes is more favorable than AssetMark Financial.
Federated Hermes has higher revenue and earnings than AssetMark Financial. Federated Hermes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AssetMark Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AssetMark Financial has a net margin of 19.92% compared to Federated Hermes' net margin of 18.75%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 27.00% beat AssetMark Financial's return on equity.
75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of AssetMark Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Federated Hermes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of AssetMark Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AssetMark Financial received 49 more outperform votes than Federated Hermes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave AssetMark Financial an outperform vote while only 27.40% of users gave Federated Hermes an outperform vote.
Federated Hermes has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AssetMark Financial has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Federated Hermes beats AssetMark Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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