DBRG vs. FHI, AMK, PJT, HPH, APAM, VCTR, CNS, CIXXF, MC, and GCMG
Should you be buying DigitalBridge Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DigitalBridge Group include Federated Hermes (FHI), AssetMark Financial (AMK), PJT Partners (PJT), Highest Performances (HPH), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Victory Capital (VCTR), Cohen & Steers (CNS), CI Financial (CIXXF), Moelis & Company (MC), and GCM Grosvenor (GCMG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Federated Hermes (NYSE:FHI) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Federated Hermes pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Federated Hermes has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Federated Hermes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DigitalBridge Group received 1 more outperform votes than Federated Hermes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.00% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote while only 27.40% of users gave Federated Hermes an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 1 more articles in the media than Federated Hermes. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 5 mentions for Federated Hermes. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Federated Hermes' score of 0.36 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Federated Hermes presently has a consensus target price of $38.29, indicating a potential upside of 16.05%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $21.75, indicating a potential upside of 45.78%. Given Federated Hermes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Federated Hermes.
DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 26.64% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 18.75%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 27.00% beat Federated Hermes' return on equity.
Federated Hermes has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Federated Hermes has higher revenue and earnings than DigitalBridge Group. Federated Hermes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats Federated Hermes on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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