Federated Hermes Strategic Income Fund Class IS Shares (STISX)

Fund Assets	694.98M
Expense Ratio	0.64%
Min. Investment	$1,000,000
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	0.42
Dividend Yield	5.17%
Dividend Growth	1.48%
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date	Apr 14, 2025

Previous Close	8.04
YTD Return	0.86%
1-Year Return	6.75%
5-Year Return	22.07%
52-Week Low	n/a
52-Week High	n/a
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	295
Inception Date	Jan 28, 2008

About STISX

The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Multi-Sector Inc with 0.61% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Federated Hermes Fixed Income Securities, Inc: Federated Hermes Strategic Income Fund; Institutional Shares is $1,000,000 on a standard taxable account. Federated Hermes Fixed Income Securities, Inc: Federated Hermes Strategic Income Fund; Institutional Shares seeks a high level of current income. STISX allocates the portfolio primarily among three categories of fixed income securities: domestic investment grade (including U.S. government, mortgage backed and corporate), domestic non-investment grade corporate and foreign.

• Fund Family: Federated Hermes IS
• Category: Multisector Bond
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Above Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: STISX
• Share Class: Institutional Shares
• Index: Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond TR

Performance

STISX had a total return of 6.75% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.86%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
STILX	Class R6 Shares	0.63%
STFSX	Class F Shares	0.96%
STIAX	Class A Shares	0.96%
SINCX	Class C Shares	1.73%

Top 10 Holdings

87.21% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
High Yield Bond Portfolio	n/a	31.16%
Federated Emerging Markets Core	n/a	20.70%
Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio	n/a	14.61%
2 Year Treasury Note Future Mar 25	n/a	9.32%
Bp1p11gx7 Cds Usd R V 03mevent Sp1p11gx7_pro Ccpcdx	n/a	3.13%
Us 5yr Note (Cbt) Mar25 Xcbt 20250331	n/a	2.97%
United States Treasury Notes 4.5%	T 4.5 07.15.26	1.57%
Ultra 10 Year US Treasury Note Future Mar 25	n/a	1.27%
United States Treasury Notes 4.25%	T 4.25 01.31.26	1.25%
Fnma Pass-Thru I 3%	FN BT2247	1.23%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Apr 14, 2025	$0.030	Apr 15, 2025
Mar 13, 2025	$0.0282	Mar 14, 2025
Feb 13, 2025	$0.0272	Feb 14, 2025
Jan 13, 2025	$0.0312	Jan 14, 2025
Dec 30, 2024	$0.093	Dec 31, 2024
Nov 13, 2024	$0.0339	Dec 2, 2024