FHI vs. DBRG, AMK, APAM, VCTR, PJT, HPH, CNS, MC, CIXXF, and GCMG
Should you be buying Federated Hermes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federated Hermes include DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Victory Capital (VCTR), PJT Partners (PJT), Highest Performances (HPH), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Moelis & Company (MC), CI Financial (CIXXF), 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
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.
DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 26.64% compared to Federated Hermes' net margin of 18.75%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 27.00% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.
Federated Hermes currently has a consensus target price of $38.29, suggesting a potential upside of 15.11%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $21.75, suggesting a potential upside of 46.27%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Federated Hermes.
In the previous week, Federated Hermes had 2 more articles in the media than DigitalBridge Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Federated Hermes and 3 mentions for DigitalBridge Group. Federated Hermes' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.44 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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