Federated Hermes Inc (NYSE: FHI) stock fell -1.58% on Monday to $31.81 against a previous-day closing price of $32.32. With 0.63 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.87 million shares. During the session, the Asset Management company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $32.34 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $31.74. The 52-week range on FHI shows that it touched its highest point at $45.55 and its lowest point at $30.23 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $37.86. With its current market cap of 2.74 billion, FHI has annualized dividend of $1.13 while the current yield stands at 3.56%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.06.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of FHI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.31%, but this was up by 0.89% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.75% while six-month performance fell -12.92%. The stock lost -13.82% in the past year, while it has lost -12.39% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FHI yields 3.08 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.54. For the next quarter, that number is 0.83. This implies an EPS growth rate of 24.08% for this year and 7.75% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 14.50% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -1.55%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 89.28 million FHI shares are outstanding with a float of 82.72 million shares on hand for trading. On Oct 30, 2023, short shares totaled 1.78 million, which was 2.07% higher than short shares on Sep 28, 2023. In addition to Mr. John Christopher Donahue as the firm’s President, CEO & Chairman, Mr. Thomas Robert Donahue serves as its VP, Treasurer, CFO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 83.51% of FHI’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 40.40% of FHI, in contrast to 36.63% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 19.68%. As the largest shareholder in FHI with 9.60% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 8,473,327 shares worth 8,473,327. A second-largest stockholder of FHI, BlackRock Fund Advisors, holds 7,398,539 shares, controlling over 8.38% of the firm’s shares. Fidelity Management & Research Co is the third largest shareholder in FHI, holding 4,382,491 shares or 4.96% stake. With a 3.09% stake in FHI, the iShares Core S&P Mid Cap ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 2,726,444 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, which owns about 2.98% of FHI stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 2,629,907 shares valued at 83.37 million. Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund holds 2.65% of the stake in FHI, owning 2,342,596 shares worth 74.26 million.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for FHI since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With FHI analysts setting a high price target of $45.00 and a low target of $34.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $37.86. Based on these targets, FHI could surge 41.46% to reach the target high and rise by 6.88% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 19.02% from current levels.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded FHI stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 2 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 25,850 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 12 while that of sell transactions has risen to 33 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 142,046 while 1,533,697 shares were sold.
