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Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund

mutual fund
QLSCX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$28.67 +0.22 +0.77%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class
R6 (QLSCX) A (QASCX) C (QCSCX) Instl (QISCX)
QLSCX (Mutual Fund)

Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$28.67 +0.22 +0.77%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class
R6 (QLSCX) A (QASCX) C (QCSCX) Instl (QISCX)
QLSCX (Mutual Fund)

Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$28.67 +0.22 +0.77%
primary theme
U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity
share class
R6 (QLSCX) A (QASCX) C (QCSCX) Instl (QISCX)

Name

As of 12/11/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund

QLSCX | Fund

$28.67

$1.25 B

0.26%

$0.07

0.88%

Vitals

YTD Return

22.3%

1 yr return

32.5%

3 Yr Avg Return

5.1%

5 Yr Avg Return

11.4%

Net Assets

$1.25 B

Holdings in Top 10

16.1%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$28.5
N/A
N/A

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.88%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 150.00%

Redemption Fee N/A

Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$0

IRA

N/A

Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund

Name

As of 12/11/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund

QLSCX | Fund

$28.67

$1.25 B

0.26%

$0.07

0.88%

QLSCX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 22.3%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 5.1%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 11.4%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 0.24%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 0.3%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund
  • Fund Family Name
    Federated Hermes Funds
  • Inception Date
    Jun 30, 2016
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    R6
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Daniel Mahr

Fund Description

The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in the common stock of small U.S. companies. The investment adviser’s investment strategy utilizes a small-cap approach by selecting most of its investments from companies listed in the Russell 2000® Index, an index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest U.S. companies by market capitalization within the Russell 3000® Index (an index that includes the 3,000 largest U.S. companies by market capitalization, representing approximately 98% of the investable domestic equity market). As of July 31, 2024, companies in the Russell 2000® Index ranged in market capitalization from $17.1 million to $11.7 billion. The Fund’s investments may include, but are not limited to, equity securities of domestic issuers and real estate investment trusts (REITs). As the Fund’s sector exposure approximates the Russell 2000® Index, the Fund may, from time to time, have large allocations to certain broad market sectors, such as financials, healthcare and industrials.The Adviser implements its strategy using a quantitative model driven by fundamental and technical stock selection variables. This process seeks to impose strict discipline over stock selection, unimpeded by market or manager psychology. It seeks to maximize compound annual return while controlling risk. The process also takes into account trading costs in an effort to ensure that trades are generated only to the extent they are expected to be profitable on an after-trading-cost basis. Additionally, risk is controlled through diversification constraints which limit exposure to individual companies as well as groups of correlated companies. The investment adviser’s stock selection process is expected to result in investments in companies with both growth and value characteristics.The Fund will invest its assets so that at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in small companies. The Fund will notify shareholders at least 60 days in advance of any change in its investment policies to normally invest less than 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in small companies. For purposes of this limitation, small companies will be defined as companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 2000® Index.The Fund actively trades its portfolio securities in an attempt to achieve its investment objective. Active trading will cause the Fund to have an increased portfolio turnover rate and increase the Fund’s trading costs, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund’s performance. An active trading strategy will likely result in the Fund generating more short-term capital gains or losses. Short-term gains are generally taxed at a higher rate than long-term gains. Any short-term losses are used first to offset short-term gains.
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QLSCX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period QLSCX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 22.3% -1.5% 40.1% 17.71%
1 Yr 32.5% 0.0% 49.5% 13.71%
3 Yr 5.1%* -11.3% 45.7% 57.23%
5 Yr 11.4%* -12.3% 38.2% 28.11%
10 Yr N/A* -2.8% 18.6% 0.61%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period QLSCX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 20.2% -19.9% 29.0% 5.54%
2022 -25.9% -59.3% 118.2% 83.27%
2021 12.4% -31.6% 39.3% 41.41%
2020 16.5% -51.0% 39.5% 21.04%
2019 17.6% -5.6% 37.8% 70.29%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period QLSCX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 22.3% -1.5% 40.1% 17.71%
1 Yr 32.5% 0.0% 49.5% 13.71%
3 Yr 5.1%* -11.3% 45.7% 57.23%
5 Yr 11.4%* -12.3% 38.2% 28.11%
10 Yr N/A* -2.8% 18.6% 0.41%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period QLSCX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 20.6% -11.7% 31.8% 11.66%
2022 -23.1% -45.2% 123.7% 95.77%
2021 27.9% 0.0% 45.6% 21.88%
2020 17.0% -50.5% 46.9% 31.26%
2019 18.1% 2.2% 40.9% 94.14%

NAV & Total Return History

QLSCX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

QLSCX Category Low Category High QLSCX % Rank
Net Assets 1.25 B 555 K 145 B 26.24%
Number of Holdings 301 2 2445 38.40%
Net Assets in Top 10 221 M 124 K 10.3 B 28.71%
Weighting of Top 10 16.12% 3.1% 100.1% 53.82%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. Jackson Financial Inc 2.49%
  2. GMS Inc 2.08%
  3. Parsons Corp 2.01%
  4. Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund 1.73%
  5. Knife River Corp 1.57%
  6. Halozyme Therapeutics Inc 1.35%
  7. Murphy USA Inc 1.31%
  8. Omnicell Inc 1.22%
  9. SkyWest Inc 1.18%
  10. Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp 1.17%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High QLSCX % Rank
Stocks 		98.26% 4.44% 107.74% 61.03%
Cash 		1.74% 0.00% 27.02% 46.77%
Preferred Stocks 		0.00% 0.00% 5.13% 23.76%
Other 		0.00% -0.07% 49.08% 58.75%
Convertible Bonds 		0.00% 0.00% 3.17% 23.24%
Bonds 		0.00% 0.00% 102.81% 29.66%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High QLSCX % Rank
Healthcare 		17.61% 0.00% 26.53% 5.00%
Financial Services 		15.72% 0.00% 35.52% 43.46%
Industrials 		14.82% 2.46% 37.42% 80.00%
Technology 		12.51% 0.00% 43.95% 73.65%
Real Estate 		10.04% 0.00% 29.43% 11.54%
Consumer Cyclical 		9.86% 0.99% 47.79% 67.88%
Energy 		6.60% 0.00% 37.72% 37.69%
Communication Services 		4.85% 0.00% 14.85% 6.92%
Basic Materials 		3.64% 0.00% 18.66% 78.65%
Consumer Defense 		2.74% 0.00% 18.87% 78.85%
Utilities 		1.59% 0.00% 18.58% 71.92%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High QLSCX % Rank
US 		98.26% 2.58% 107.74% 52.09%
Non US 		0.00% 0.00% 97.07% 34.22%

QLSCX - Expenses

Operational Fees

QLSCX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.88% 0.01% 38.30% 66.98%
Management Fee 0.75% 0.00% 1.50% 52.48%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% 1.01%
Administrative Fee 0.10% 0.01% 0.45% 45.12%

Sales Fees

QLSCX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 3.50% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

QLSCX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

QLSCX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 150.00% 1.00% 314.00% 96.91%

QLSCX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

QLSCX Category Low Category High QLSCX % Rank
Dividend Yield 0.26% 0.00% 42.47% 69.01%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

QLSCX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Annual Annual SemiAnnual SemiAnnual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

QLSCX Category Low Category High QLSCX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 0.24% -2.40% 2.49% 44.42%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

QLSCX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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QLSCX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Daniel Mahr

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Aug 31, 2008

13.76

13.8%

Daniel J. Mahr, CFA, joined Federated MDTA LLC Investment Team in 2002. He is a Senior Vice President of Federated MDTA LLC. As Managing Director of Research, he is responsible for leading the Investment Team as it relates to the ongoing design, development and implementation of the investment model. He received his A.B., Computer Science from Harvard College and his S.M., Computer Science from Harvard University.

Frederick Konopka

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Aug 31, 2008

13.76

13.8%

Frederick L. Konopka, CFA, joined Federated MDTA LLC investment team in 1997. Mr. Konopka is a Vice President of Federated MDTA LLC . As the Portfolio and Trading Manager, he is responsible for the ongoing implementation of the investment model including trading impact evaluation and implementation. He received his A.B., Mathematics from Dartmouth College and his M.S., Concentration in Information Technology and Finance from MIT Sloan School of Management.

John Lewicke

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 30, 2014

7.67

7.7%

John Paul Lewicke joined Federated MDTA LLC Investment Team in 2007. Mr. Lewicke is a Vice President of Federated MDTA LLC. As Research Manager, he is responsible for ongoing evaluation and enhancement of the investment model, including software code design and development. Mr. Lewicke received his A.B., Mathematics and Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

Damien Zhang

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Aug 08, 2018

3.81

3.8%

Mr. Zhang, Research Manager at Federated MDTA LLC (“MDT Advisers”), joined the MDT Adviser’s Investment Team in 2009. As Research Manager, he is responsible for ongoing evaluation and enhancement of the investment model, including software code design and development. Mr. Zhang received his A.B., Summa Cum Laude in Economics from Princeton University.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.08 49.61 7.17 2.58

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