BSIG vs. FHI, PJT, AMK, HPH, DBRG, GCMG, CIXXF, VRTS, BBDC, and BRDG
Should you be buying BrightSphere Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightSphere Investment Group include Federated Hermes (FHI), PJT Partners (PJT), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Highest Performances (HPH), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), CI Financial (CIXXF), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Barings BDC (BBDC), and Bridge Investment Group (BRDG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Federated Hermes (NYSE:FHI) and BrightSphere Investment Group (NYSE:BSIG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.7% of BrightSphere Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Federated Hermes had 5 more articles in the media than BrightSphere Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Federated Hermes and 3 mentions for BrightSphere Investment Group. BrightSphere Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Federated Hermes' score of 0.39 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Federated Hermes has higher revenue and earnings than BrightSphere Investment Group. Federated Hermes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BrightSphere Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BrightSphere Investment Group received 136 more outperform votes than Federated Hermes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.71% of users gave BrightSphere Investment Group an outperform vote while only 27.40% of users gave Federated Hermes an outperform vote.
Federated Hermes has a net margin of 18.75% compared to Federated Hermes' net margin of 15.53%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 438.16% beat BrightSphere Investment Group's return on equity.
Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BrightSphere Investment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Federated Hermes pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BrightSphere Investment Group pays out 2.4% 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 3 consecutive years. Federated Hermes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Federated Hermes has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSphere Investment Group has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Federated Hermes currently has a consensus price target of $38.29, indicating a potential upside of 17.08%. BrightSphere Investment Group has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.00%. Given BrightSphere Investment Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Federated Hermes is more favorable than BrightSphere Investment Group.
Summary
Federated Hermes beats BrightSphere Investment Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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