Analyzing Pacific Ventures Group (OTCMKTS:PACV) and Federated Hermes (NYSE:FHI)

Federated Hermes (NYSE:FHI) and Pacific Ventures Group (OTCMKTS:PACV) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Federated Hermes has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Ventures Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Federated Hermes and Pacific Ventures Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Federated Hermes	0	5	3	1	2.56
Pacific Ventures Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Federated Hermes currently has a consensus price target of $49.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.33%. Given Pacific Ventures Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pacific Ventures Group is more favorable than Federated Hermes.

Profitability

This table compares Federated Hermes and Pacific Ventures Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Federated Hermes	21.86%	33.03%	17.55%
Pacific Ventures Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.9% of Federated Hermes shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Federated Hermes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.7% of Pacific Ventures Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Federated Hermes and Pacific Ventures Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Federated Hermes	$1.74 billion	2.26	$268.31 million	$4.79	10.62
Pacific Ventures Group	$39.91 million	0.00	-$7.73 million	N/A	N/A

Federated Hermes has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Ventures Group.

Summary

Federated Hermes beats Pacific Ventures Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Federated Hermes

Federated Hermes, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, including high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, and registered investment advisors. Through its subsidiaries, it manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, balanced and money market mutual funds along with separate client-focused equity, fixed income, money market, and balanced portfolios. Through its subsidiaries, the firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm makes its fixed income investments in ultra-short, short-term, and intermediate-term mortgage-backed, U.S. Government, U.S. corporate, high yield, and municipal securities. It employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis to make its equity investments. Federated Hermes, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with additional offices in New York City and London, United Kingdom.

About Pacific Ventures Group

Pacific Ventures Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, produces, sells, and distributes alcohol-infused ice creams and ice-pops. It sells its alcohol-infused ice-pops and ice creams under the SnöBar brand name. The company is also involved in the sale and lease of freezers, as well as the provision of marketing services; and supply of fresh and specialty produce, meat, and food products to redistributors, hotels, restaurants, schools, and nursing homes. In addition, it manufactures and wholesales custom processed beef, pork, chicken, lamb, veal, and seafood products; and supplies fruits, vegetables, and specialty groceries to retail customers and wholesale restaurants. Pacific Ventures Group, Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.