There was little in no-moat-rated Federated Hermes first-quarter results that would alter our long-term view of the firm. We are leaving our $38 per share fair value estimate in place and view the company's shares as being slightly to modestly undervalued right now.
With $560.0 billion in money market assets at the end of December 2023, Federated is one of the largest domestic money market managers, despite holding less than 10% of the market.
Bears
Federated's prime money market AUM, which generates higher fees than its other cash management offerings, has been negatively affected by the adoption of floating NAVs, redemption fees and other restrictions.
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ederated provides asset management services for institutional and individual investors. The company had $757.6 billion in managed assets at the end of December 2023, composed of equity (10%), multi-asset (less than 1%), fixed-income (13%), alternative (3%), and money market (74%) funds. That said, the firm's cash-management operations are expected to generate around 46% of Federated's revenue this year, compared with 29%, 13%, 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 (28%), and international clients (9%).