Loading…
← CockpitCompetitor Analysis › FHI Federated Hermes, Inc. Class BOpen in the cockpit ↗

Federated Hermes, Inc. Class BFHICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Investment Managers

Asset manager known for money market funds plus equity, fixed income and responsible-investing strategies and stewardship services.

Momentum strong 76
Mkt cap
$4.73B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
95%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$52.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
10.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 7.8%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · USD$63.99
1D-0.1%
1W+9.4%
1M+14.4%
3M+1.4%
6M+14.4%
YTD+22.9%
1Y+27.4%
ATR %3.0%
Beta0.64
52w lowhigh5.0% off high

What Federated Hermes does

Asset manager known for money market funds plus equity, fixed income and responsible-investing strategies and stewardship services.

Earns fees as a percentage of assets under management, with money market funds supplying a large part of assets and a steady base of cash-management clients; those fees are sometimes waived when interest rates are near zero. The 2018 purchase of Hermes in the UK added international and stewardship business, and a Donahue-family voting trust holds the voting shares.

Products and services

  • Money market funds
  • Equity/fixed income funds
  • Stewardship/engagement services (Hermes EOS)

Customers

  • Institutional investors
  • Retail fund investors
  • Corporate cash management clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Asset management
  • Money market and active fund management
  • Institutional and retail investors

What could go right

  • Money market asset growth (higher rates)
  • Institutional stewardship services growth

What could go wrong

  • Fee compression/passive fund competition
  • Interest rate sensitivity of money market flows

Moat: narrow (scale, brand, installed base). Large money market fund scale and long institutional relationships versus smaller asset managers.

Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Founded: 1955 · Employees: 2,091

Named competitors

Federated Hermes at a glance

Size Federated Hermes (FHI) is a United States Financials company (Investment Managers) with a market value of $4.73B, the 1220th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $63.99 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 14.4%, against +0.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 13.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.2%); the operating margin is 28.1% (peer median 31.9%).

Valuation It trades at 10.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.6× (5th cheapest of 20).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $12.5M at 30 Sep 2026, down 17% on a year earlier — 0.0 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 5.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026FHI 115Peer median 101
Six months, rebased to 100: Federated Hermes against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Federated Hermes financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.98B$1.81B$1.63B$1.61B$1.44B
Revenue growth—+11%+2%+12%—
Gross profit$1.47B$1.35B$1.23B$1.21B$1.10B
EBITDA$583M$557M$457M$428M$367M
Net income$401M$385M$257M$285M$228M
Free cash flow$386M$295M$343M$304M$320M
Capital expenditure$19.6M$2.76M$4.02M$7.92M$4.37M
Total debt$495M$457M$462M$458M$453M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Federated Hermes competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%0%+10%BPTCIGI360ONEHLNEHASIEMG6011081359N91ANANDRATHIABDN601136STEP2799CNSRFAMPVONNNUVAMAFHI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Federated Hermes is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×50×BPTCIGI360ONEHLNEHASIEMG6011081359N91ANANDRATHIABDNSTEP2799CNSRF002797FHIRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Federated Hermes is the large dot.

Federated Hermes competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (FHI vs BLK vs IVZ vs BEN)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Federated Hermes FHI$4.73B+14%+13%28%10.9×n/a
BlackRock BLK$192B+9%+24%36%18.9×n/a
Invesco IVZ$11.9B-1%+17%24%8.6×n/a
Franklin Resources BEN$17.1B+10%+8%15%10.6×n/a
T. Rowe Price TROW$23.1B+4%+7%36%10.8×n/a

How Federated Hermes compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Federated Hermes against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureFHIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+14.4%+1.6%highest of 21
6-month return+14.4%+0.6%6th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-5.0%-16.1%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+13.3%+13.2%10th highest of 21
Operating margin28.1%31.9%8th lowest of 21
Forward P/E10.9×12.6×5th cheapest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Federated Hermes FHIUnited States$4.73B+14%+13%28%10.9×n/an/a
Bridgepoint BPT.LUnited Kingdom$4.79B+55%+36%49%10.7×n/an/a
Colliers International CIGI.TOCanada$4.88B-5%+14%7%11.8×n/an/a
360 One Wam 360ONE.NSIndia$4.95B+3%+25%33%35.1×n/an/a
Hamilton Lane HLNEUnited States$4.99B+1%+19%58%12.3×n/an/a
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital HASIUnited States$5.00B-5%+27%69%12.6×n/an/a
Man EMG.LUnited Kingdom$4.43B+10%+24%28%8.4×n/an/a
Caitong Securities 601108.SSChina$5.12B-11%-12%31%10.7×n/an/a
China Cinda Asset Management 1359.HKHong Kong$4.36B-21%-25%53%11.7×n/an/a
Ninety One N91.LUnited Kingdom$5.18B-6%+10%26%11.1×n/an/a
Anand Rathi Wealth ANANDRATHI.NSIndia$4.18B+31%+35%41%90.5×n/an/a
Aberdeen ABDN.LUnited Kingdom$5.36B+2%+2%37%14.3×n/an/a
Capital Securities 601136.SSChina$5.41B-21%+1%36%n/an/an/a
StepStone STEPUnited States$5.73B-15%+51%-53%18.1×n/an/a
China CITIC Financial Asset Management 2799.HKHong Kong$5.83B-24%-18%135%3.1×n/an/a
Cohen & Steers CNSUnited States$3.76B+1%+13%33%20.1×n/an/a
Eurazeo RF.PAFrance$3.70B+2%+18%-2%28.7×n/an/a
AMP AMP.AXAustralia$3.69B+46%-5%-1%15.7×n/an/a
Vontobel VONN.SWSwitzerland$6.18B+36%+11%25%12.6×n/an/a
Nuvama Wealth Management NUVAMA.NSIndia$3.61B+25%+13%29%26.2×n/an/a
First Capital Securities 002797.SZChina$3.61B-24%-6%22%21.1×n/an/a

Federated Hermes backlog

Federated Hermes reported $12.5M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, down 17% from a year earlier and up 1% from the previous quarter. That is 0.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.00.

Questions

Who are Federated Hermes's main competitors?
Named competitors: BlackRock (BLK), Invesco (IVZ), Franklin Resources (BEN), T. Rowe Price (TROW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Bridgepoint (BPT.L), Colliers International (CIGI.TO), 360 One Wam (360ONE.NS), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Man (EMG.L).
Is Federated Hermes expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 10.9× against a peer median of 12.6×, 5th cheapest of 20 in its peer set.
How has Federated Hermes stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +14.4% against +0.6% for the median peer; over one year +27.4%.
What is Federated Hermes's backlog?
Federated Hermes's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $12.5M at 30 Sep 2026, -17% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.