Federated Hermes (FHI) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, REG or FHI?

Regency Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regency Centers	$1.32B	10.23	$364.56M	$2.13	34.99
Federated Hermes	$1.61B	2.10	$298.98M	$3.11	13.32

Does the media prefer REG or FHI?

In the previous week, Federated Hermes had 11 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Federated Hermes and 8 mentions for Regency Centers. Federated Hermes' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.79 indicating that Federated Hermes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Federated Hermes	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is REG or FHI a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Regency Centers pays out 125.8% 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 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REG or FHI?

Regency Centers received 11 more outperform votes than Federated Hermes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.65% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote while only 33.70% of users gave Federated Hermes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 42 45.65%	Underperform Votes 50 54.35%
Federated Hermes	Outperform Votes 31 33.70%	Underperform Votes 61 66.30%

Do analysts recommend REG or FHI?

Regency Centers presently has a consensus target price of $76.92, suggesting a potential upside of 3.20%. Federated Hermes has a consensus target price of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.64%. Given Federated Hermes' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Federated Hermes is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Federated Hermes	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals & insiders believe in REG or FHI?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is REG or FHI more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.78% compared to Federated Hermes' net margin of 16.62%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 29.85% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.78%	5.85%	3.21%
Federated Hermes	16.62%	29.85%	16.05%

Which has more volatility & risk, REG or FHI?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federated Hermes has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Regency Centers beats Federated Hermes on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.