Federated Hermes (FHI) Competitors

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

Is FHI or LINE a better dividend stock?

Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Lineage pays an annual dividend of $2.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Federated Hermes pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate FHI or LINE?

Federated Hermes currently has a consensus price target of $42.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.24%. Lineage has a consensus price target of $82.41, suggesting a potential upside of 37.42%. Given Lineage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lineage is more favorable than Federated Hermes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Federated Hermes	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Lineage	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FHI or LINE?

Federated Hermes received 10 more outperform votes than Lineage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.71% of users gave Lineage an outperform vote while only 33.00% of users gave Federated Hermes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Federated Hermes	Outperform Votes 33 33.00%	Underperform Votes 67 67.00%
Lineage	Outperform Votes 23 65.71%	Underperform Votes 12 34.29%

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

75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Federated Hermes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lineage shares are held 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, FHI or LINE?

Federated Hermes has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lineage.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Federated Hermes	$1.63B	1.93	$268.31M	$3.19	12.10
Lineage	$5.34B	2.57	-$77.40M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to FHI or LINE?

In the previous week, Lineage had 14 more articles in the media than Federated Hermes. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Lineage and 10 mentions for Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Lineage's score of 0.52 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Federated Hermes	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lineage	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FHI or LINE more profitable?

Federated Hermes has a net margin of 16.44% compared to Lineage's net margin of -12.18%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 30.31% beat Lineage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Federated Hermes	16.44%	30.31%	16.21%
Lineage	-12.18%	-9.89%	-3.51%

Summary

Lineage beats Federated Hermes on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.