Company Analysis

Federated Hermes, Inc. (FHI)

NYSE: FHI · Investment Advice · Pittsburgh, PA · filing with the SEC since 1998
Grade6.7
◀ Past 7.2● Present 7.1▶ Future 5.8

The grade of Federated Hermes, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.7/10
◀ Past7.230% of the headline
● Present7.140% of the headline
▶ Future5.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 48 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Federated Hermes, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Federated Hermes, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.2%bottom 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 37% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak10.2%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.3% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 30 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 87th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Federated Hermes, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 30 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 12% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 34%: 34¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 46%: owes 46¢ per asset dollar.

weight 22% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Federated Hermes, Inc. earned about 34 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 46 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 16% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 45% of 43 in its family; net margin 22.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Federated Hermes, Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 45% by size; a net margin of 22.4% ranks in the top 34%; revenue growth of 7.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 44% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.80Btop 45% of its family
  • net margin22.4%top 34% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.6%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
8.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 14% of 34 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Federated Hermes, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Donahue, J Christopher (Chairman, President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-09-18, 20.2 years (top 10% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.2 years (top 17%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 15%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 14 peopletop 15% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.2 yearstop 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.2 yearstop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 45% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Federated Hermes, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $583 million against debt of $348 million leaves 10.5% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.4% of revenue (bottom 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets10.5%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.4%bottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Federated Hermes, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.6% a year over the last three filed years against 5.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 26% of its family); the newest year grew 10.3% (top 40%); capital spending grew -14.2% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Federated Hermes, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Federated Hermes Funds at $1.5 billion (84%), Separateaccounts at $256 million (14%), Other at $33 million (2%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.4 points a yeartop 26% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.3%top 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-14.2%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 35% of 41 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Federated Hermes, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.8% above the $1.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 29% of its family); net income of $403 million against a prior three-year average of $269 million (top 45%); a net margin of 22.4% against 17.2% before (top 30%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.8%top 29% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+50%top 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+5.2 pointstop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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