Federated Hermes (FHI) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FHI or SEIC?

SEI Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEI Investments, 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
Federated Hermes	$1.66B	2.22	$268.31M	$3.55	13.09
SEI Investments	$2.13B	5.41	$581.19M	$4.60	20.06

Which has more risk & volatility, FHI or SEIC?

Federated Hermes has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FHI or SEIC a better dividend stock?

Federated Hermes pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Federated Hermes pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 21.3% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to FHI or SEIC?

In the previous week, SEI Investments had 7 more articles in the media than Federated Hermes. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for SEI Investments and 10 mentions for Federated Hermes. SEI Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Federated Hermes' score of 0.78 indicating that SEI Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Federated Hermes	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEI Investments	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FHI or SEIC?

75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Federated Hermes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of SEI Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate FHI or SEIC?

Federated Hermes currently has a consensus price target of $42.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.53%. SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $96.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.02%. Given SEI Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SEI Investments is more favorable than Federated Hermes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Federated Hermes	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
SEI Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is FHI or SEIC more profitable?

SEI Investments has a net margin of 27.77% compared to Federated Hermes' net margin of 17.74%. Federated Hermes' return on equity of 32.17% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Federated Hermes	17.74%	32.17%	17.10%
SEI Investments	27.77%	26.40%	22.99%

Summary

SEI Investments beats Federated Hermes on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.