Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund Institutional Shares (QISGX)

Fund Assets	446.34M
Expense Ratio	0.89%
Min. Investment	$1,000,000
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	0.01
Dividend Yield	0.04%
Dividend Growth	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	n/a

Previous Close	24.79
YTD Return	-11.45%
1-Year Return	3.15%
5-Year Return	68.62%
52-Week Low	22.04
52-Week High	30.56
Beta (5Y)	1.17
Holdings	252
Inception Date	Sep 16, 2005

About QISGX

The fund invests primarily in the common stock of small U.S. companies. Its investment adviser's (Adviser) investment strategy utilizes a small capitalization growth approach by selecting most of its investments from companies listed in the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The fund will invest its assets so that at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowing for investment purposes) are invested in investments in small companies. The fund's manager considers a small company to be a company of a size similar to companies listed on the Russell 2000® Growth Index.

• Fund Family: Federated Hermes Int
• Category: Small Growth
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Above Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: QISGX
• Share Class: Institutional Shares
• Index: Russell 2000 Growth TR

Performance

QISGX had a total return of 3.15% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.83%.

Equivalent Funds

These are funds that follow the same index from the other major fund companies.

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
VRTGX	Vanguard	Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund Institutional Shares	0.08%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
QLSGX	Class R6 Shares	0.88%
QASGX	Class A Shares	1.14%
QCSGX	Class C Shares	2.02%

Top 10 Holdings

15.92% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.	SFM	1.97%
Federated Government Obligations Fund	GOFXX	1.92%
Knife River Corporation	KNF	1.77%
Brinker International, Inc.	EAT	1.65%
Primoris Services Corporation	PRIM	1.50%
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.	VCTR	1.47%
EMCOR Group, Inc.	EME	1.46%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd	CRDO	1.43%
Rush Street Interactive, Inc.	RSI	1.41%
Mueller Water Products, Inc.	MWA	1.33%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 28, 2023	$0.0111	Dec 29, 2023
Dec 29, 2022	$0.0106	Dec 30, 2022
Dec 6, 2022	$0.63122	Dec 7, 2022
Dec 6, 2021	$8.57729	Dec 7, 2021
Dec 4, 2020	$0.14444	Dec 7, 2020
Dec 14, 2018	$1.45342	Dec 17, 2018