Federated Hermes (FHI) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and Federated Hermes (NYSE:FHI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is REG or FHI more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.60% compared to Federated Hermes' net margin of 15.90%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 28.60% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.60%	5.63%	3.13%
Federated Hermes	15.90%	28.60%	15.36%

Which has better valuation and earnings, REG or FHI?

Regency Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regency Centers	$1.44B	9.00	$364.56M	$2.13	33.54
Federated Hermes	$1.60B	2.07	$298.98M	$3.52	11.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer REG or FHI?

Regency Centers received 14 more outperform votes than Federated Hermes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.05% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote while only 30.68% of users gave Federated Hermes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 41 45.05%	Underperform Votes 50 54.95%
Federated Hermes	Outperform Votes 27 30.68%	Underperform Votes 61 69.32%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in REG or FHI?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Federated Hermes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer REG or FHI?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus price target of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.32%. Federated Hermes has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.63%. Given Regency Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Federated Hermes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Federated Hermes	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is REG or FHI a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Regency Centers pays out 125.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Federated Hermes pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, REG or FHI?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federated Hermes has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer REG or FHI?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 9 more articles in the media than Federated Hermes. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Regency Centers and 28 mentions for Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.38 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Federated Hermes	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Regency Centers beats Federated Hermes on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.