Acadian Asset Management Inc. (AAMI) vs Federated Hermes, Inc. (FHI)

Acadian Asset Management Inc. and Federated Hermes, Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Federated Hermes, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.2B against $3.3B — 1.3× the size. Federated Hermes, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.4× against 32.5×. Acadian Asset Management Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.2% against 15.0%. Federated Hermes, Inc. has the higher net margin (20.3% vs 15.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (25.2% vs 40.0%). Both pay a dividend; Federated Hermes, Inc. yields more (2.58% vs 0.34%). Across the 19 metrics below, Federated Hermes, Inc. leads on 16 and Acadian Asset Management Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric AAMI FHI Asset Management median
P/E 32.45 10.38 13.99
P/S 4.91 2.08 2.76
P/B 24.63 3.21 0.85
Price to free cash flow n/m 10.95 8.32
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.08% 9.63% 4.72%
Free cash flow yield (1.53%) 9.13% 4.44%

Profitability

Metric AAMI FHI Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 23.68% 27.11% 33.42%
Net margin 15.17% 20.33% 13.37%
Free cash flow margin (7.49%) 18.97% 12.36%
Return on equity 92.14% 33.23% 4.79%
Return on assets 13.26% 17.55% 1.55%
Return on invested capital 39.99% 25.21% 2.97%

Growth

Metric AAMI FHI Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 24.21% 15.02% 7.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.45%) 58.82% (6.67%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.45% 4.45% 12.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (22.53%) 4.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric AAMI FHI Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.50 0.28 0.44
Current ratio 0.82 2.59 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 0.51 (0.44) 1.02

Dividend

Metric AAMI FHI Asset Management median
Dividend yield 0.34% 2.58% 6.60%
Payout ratio 0.11 0.27 0.94

Size

Metric AAMI FHI Asset Management median
Market cap 3.29b 4.22b 694.86m

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