Federated Hermes (FHI) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, REG or FHI?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federated Hermes has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to REG or FHI?

In the previous week, Federated Hermes had 2 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Federated Hermes and 4 mentions for Regency Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Federated Hermes' score of 1.29 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Federated Hermes	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer REG or FHI?

Regency Centers currently has a consensus target price of $78.08, suggesting a potential upside of 11.15%. Federated Hermes has a consensus target price of $42.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.36%. Given Regency Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Federated Hermes	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer REG or FHI?

Regency Centers received 8 more outperform votes than Federated Hermes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.00% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote while only 35.78% of users gave Federated Hermes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 47 47.00%	Underperform Votes 53 53.00%
Federated Hermes	Outperform Votes 39 35.78%	Underperform Votes 70 64.22%

Is REG or FHI a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% 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 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Federated Hermes has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in REG or FHI?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$1.47B	8.67	$400.39M	$2.12	33.14
Federated Hermes	$1.66B	2.01	$268.31M	$3.55	11.88

Is REG or FHI more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.54% compared to Federated Hermes' net margin of 16.44%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 30.31% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.54%	5.91%	3.21%
Federated Hermes	16.44%	30.31%	16.21%

Summary

Regency Centers beats Federated Hermes on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.