4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Federated Investors
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, asset manager Federated Investors (NYS: FII) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Federated's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Federated facts
Headquarters (Founded) | Pittsburgh (1955) |
Market Cap | $1.8 billion |
Industry | Asset management |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $895.1 million |
Management | CEO John Donahue |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 36.5% |
Cash/Debt | $322.3 million / $318.8 million |
Dividend Yield | 5.4% |
Competitors | BlackRock |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 312 members who have rated Federated believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Late last month, one of those bulls, blesto, tapped Federated as a particularly timely income opportunity:
The outcome of near future regulation changes affecting money markets may or may not put a damper on their business. Until that is fully resolved I'll just collect the better than 5% [dividend yield]. Even with all the twists and turns of the market, this company has steadily increased the dividend since their inception.
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