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.
DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and Federated Hermes (NYSE:FHI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federated Hermes pays out 31.8% 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.
DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federated Hermes has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DigitalBridge Group currently has a consensus price target of $21.75, indicating a potential upside of 47.06%. Federated Hermes has a consensus price target of $38.29, indicating a potential upside of 19.31%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Federated Hermes.
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.
92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Federated Hermes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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.
In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 6 more articles in the media than Federated Hermes. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 7 mentions for Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats Federated Hermes on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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