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.
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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
DigitalBridge Group presently has a consensus target price of $21.75, suggesting a potential upside of 47.36%. Federated Hermes has a consensus target price of $38.29, suggesting a potential upside of 17.84%. Given Federated Hermes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Federated Hermes.
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 3.4%. 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. Federated Hermes has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Federated Hermes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 26.64% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 18.75%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 27.00% beat Federated Hermes' return on equity.
In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 1 more articles in the media than Federated Hermes. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 5 mentions for Federated Hermes. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Federated Hermes' score of 0.36 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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 beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federated Hermes has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats Federated Hermes on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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