Federated Hermes Strategic Value Dividend Fund
Actively managed global stock fund
As of its 2026 Q2 report, Federated Hermes Strategic Value Dividend Fund held 47 positions with $9.51B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 35.4% of the fund. The SVAAX share class costs 1.06% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, SVAAX returned 20.3%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q3 it added 3 new positions and exited 3.
The Funds investment objective is to provide income and long-term capital appreciation.
The fund invests primarily in large-cap and mid-cap U.S. stocks selected for above-average dividend yield combined with potential for dividend growth, using bottom-up fundamental analysis of balance sheet strength, earnings growth, and cash flow durability. The fund maintains at least 80% of assets in dividend-paying securities and may hold foreign stocks and real estate investment trusts. Because security selection depends on the adviser's assessment of dividend growth potential alongside current yield, fund performance will diverge from any benchmark index.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4.00% | $379.98M | 1.7M | $223.00 | |
USBUS BANCORP | 3.88% | $369.34M | 6.5M | $56.66 |
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC | 3.77% | $358.17M | 6.1M | $58.72 |
ENBENBRIDGE INC | 3.56% | $338.33M | 6.1M | $55.46 |
TOTALENERGIES SE | 3.53% | $335.54M | 3.6M | $93.11 |
SANOFI SA | 3.42% | $325.48M | 3.5M | $93.42 |
3.42% | $324.75M | 6.3M | $51.50 | |
PAYXPAYCHEX INC | 3.41% | $324.11M | 3.5M | $92.63 |
3.30% | $313.44M | 6.5M | $48.03 | |
PLDPROLOGIS INC | 3.16% | $300.82M | 2.1M | $142.02 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 47 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 99.25% |
| Cash & short-term | 0.31% |
By sector
- International
- 18.2%
- Financials
- 15.2%
- Utilities
- 12.6%
- Health Care
- 11.5%
- 7 other sectors
- 42.5%
- International
- 18.2%
- Financials
- 15.2%
- Utilities
- 12.6%
- Health Care
- 11.5%
- Consumer Staples
- 11.4%
- Real Estate
- 10.3%
- Industrials
- 6.2%
- Energy
- 5.6%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 4.9%
- Communication Services
- 3.6%
- Cash
- 0.5%
How it has done
SVAAX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 10.38%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
The 4 share classes hold the same portfolio
| Share class | Expense ratio | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.06% | +20.35% | +54.87% | +62.15% | -8.55% | |
| 1.88% | +19.30% | +50.91% | +55.87% | -8.90% | |
| 0.81% | +20.67% | +55.78% | +64.13% | -8.61% | |
| 0.79% | +20.65% | +56.04% | +64.48% | -8.61% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 8.61pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 1.72pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
Fees & fund details
Federated Hermes Strategic Value Dividend Fund is an actively managed global equity fund.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Global
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.79% – 1.88%· SVAAX 1.06%
- Portfolio turnover
- 34.00% a year · as of 2025 Q4
Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
3 new
3 exited
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