FHI vs. CNS, MC, APAM, STEP, AB, LAZ, VCTR, CIXXF, AMK, and PJT
Should you be buying Federated Hermes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federated Hermes include Cohen & Steers (CNS), Moelis & Company (MC), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), StepStone Group (STEP), AllianceBernstein (AB), Lazard (LAZ), Victory Capital (VCTR), CI Financial (CIXXF), AssetMark Financial (AMK), and PJT Partners (PJT). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Federated Hermes vs.
Cohen & Steers (NYSE:CNS) and Federated Hermes (NYSE:FHI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Federated Hermes had 9 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Federated Hermes and 3 mentions for Cohen & Steers. Federated Hermes' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Cohen & Steers' score of 1.06 indicating that Cohen & Steers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cohen & Steers pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Cohen & Steers pays out 78.4% 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 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohen & Steers has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Cohen & Steers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
51.5% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Federated Hermes shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Cohen & Steers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Federated Hermes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cohen & Steers received 219 more outperform votes than Federated Hermes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.29% of users gave Cohen & Steers an outperform vote while only 25.81% of users gave Federated Hermes an outperform vote.
Federated Hermes has higher revenue and earnings than Cohen & Steers. Federated Hermes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohen & Steers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cohen & Steers has a net margin of 28.16% compared to Cohen & Steers' net margin of 17.05%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 46.02% beat Cohen & Steers' return on equity.
Cohen & Steers has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federated Hermes has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cohen & Steers presently has a consensus target price of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.06%. Federated Hermes has a consensus target price of $41.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.40%. Given Cohen & Steers' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Federated Hermes is more favorable than Cohen & Steers.
Summary
Cohen & Steers beats Federated Hermes on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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