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Federated Hermes (Federated Hermes) Altman Z-Score : 4.51 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Federated Hermes Altman Z-Score?

The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.51 is strong.

Federated Hermes has a Altman Z-Score of 4.51, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Federated Hermes's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FHI' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.56   Med: 4.78   Max: 7.64
Current: 4.51

During the past 13 years, Federated Hermes's highest Altman Z-Score was 7.64. The lowest was 3.56. And the median was 4.78.


Federated Hermes Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Federated Hermes's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Federated Hermes Altman Z-Score Chart

Federated Hermes Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.54 4.80 4.76 4.30 4.29

Federated Hermes Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Altman Z-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.83 4.56 4.33 4.29 4.69

Competitive Comparison of Federated Hermes's Altman Z-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Federated Hermes's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Federated Hermes's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Federated Hermes's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Federated Hermes's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Federated Hermes Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

Federated Hermes's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.243+1.4*0.5917+3.3*0.2086+0.6*3.2084+1.0*0.778
=4.51

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024:
Total Assets was $2,087 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $720 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $212 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $1,235 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 104.018 + 117.307 + 101.005 + 100.545 = $423 Mil.
Interest Expense was -3.149 + -3.142 + -3.133 + -3.118 = $-13 Mil.
Revenue was 396.371 + 391.497 + 402.656 + 433.232 = $1,624 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $2,780 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $866 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(719.656 - 212.499)/2086.972
=0.243

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=1234.931/2086.972
=0.5917

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(422.875 - -12.542)/2086.972
=0.2086

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=2779.771/866.415
=3.2084

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=1623.756/2086.972
=0.778

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Federated Hermes has a Altman Z-Score of 4.51 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Federated Hermes  (NYSE:FHI) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

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Federated Hermes (Federated Hermes) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15222-3779
Federated provides asset management services for institutional and individual investors. The company had $715.2 billion in managed assets at the end of September 2023, composed of equity (11%), multi-asset (less than 1%), fixed-income (13%), alternative (3%), and money market (73%) funds. That said, the firm's cash-management operations are expected to generate around 46% of Federated's revenue this year, compared with 31%, 12%, and 11%, respectively, for the firm's equity, fixed-income, and alternatives/multi-asset operations. From a channel perspective, the company's products are distributed via trust banks, wealth managers and retail broker/dealers (63% of AUM), institutional investors (27%), and international clients (10%).
Executives
Saker Anwar Nusseibeh officer: CEO, Hermes Fund Managers Ltd. HERMES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 150 CHEAPSIDE, 6TH FLOOR, LONDON X0 EC2V6ET
John B Fisher director, officer: Pres Inst Sales Div. FSC 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE, FEDERATED INVESTORS TOWER, PITTSBURGH PA 15222-3779
Dolores D Dudiak officer: Vice President 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Gordon J Ceresino officer: Exec. Director, Int'l Dist. FEDERATED MDT ADVISER, 125 HIGH STREET, OLIVER STREET TOWER, 21ST FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Richard A Novak officer: Principal Accounting Officer FEDERATED INVESTORS INC., FEDERATED INVESTORS TOWER, PITTSBURGH PA 15222-3779
Paul A Uhlman officer: Vice President 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222-3779
Peter J Germain officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer & GC C/O FEDERATED INVESTORS, 1001 LIBERTY AVE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Meter Stephen Van officer: VP, Chief Compliance Officer FEDERATED INVESTORS TOWER, 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222-3779
J Christopher Donahue director, officer: President and CEO 5800 CORPORATE DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 15237-7000
Michael J Farrell director 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE, FEDERATED INVESTORS TOWER, PITTSBURGH PA 15222-3779
Thomas R Donahue director, officer: VP, CFO, Treasurer 5800 CORPORATE DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 15237-7000
Marie Milie Jones director FEDERATED INVESTORS TOWER, 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222-3779
Eugene F Maloney director, officer: Vice President FEDERATED INVESTORS TOWER, 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222-3779
Joseph C Bartolacci director
Thomas E Territ officer: Vice President FEDERATED INVESTORS, INC., FEDERATED INVESTORS TOWER, PITTSBURGH PA 15222-3779