FGTBX Performance — Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2026-02-11

FGTBX returned +4.64% over one year to Nov 2024. Annualised returns are −4.31% over 3 years and −1.62% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Moderate Allocation category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $88, against $111 for the category, and to $105 over one year, against $115. Volatility over the past three years was 9.39% a year. In the 12 months to Nov 2024 the fund lost a net $428K, and assets reached $15.69M.

FGTBX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Moderate Allocation category average over the same months.

PeriodFGTBXCategory average
1 year (Dec 2023 – Nov 2024)$105$115
3 years (Dec 2021 – Nov 2024)$88$111
5 years (Dec 2019 – Nov 2024)$92$129
Since data start (Sep 2019 – Nov 2024)$91$133

FGTBX Trailing Returns

Total returns to Nov 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+4.64%
3 years (annualised)−4.31%
5 years (annualised)−1.62%

FGTBX Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Nov)+0.35%
2023+4.04%
2022−16.36%
2021−4.48%
2020+9.08%
2019 (Sep–Dec)+0.18%

FGTBX Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024−1.8%−1.2%+0.5%−2.8%+1.5%−0.2%+3.1%+2.2%+2.0%−3.2%+0.6%—
2023+3.0%−3.7%+3.5%0.0%−1.9%−0.5%+0.7%−1.6%−3.3%−1.3%+5.0%+4.3%
2022−2.0%−1.5%−2.9%−5.1%+0.2%−3.1%+1.5%−3.9%−5.1%−0.6%+4.9%+0.4%
2021−1.1%−1.7%−2.0%+1.6%+1.1%−0.6%+1.1%−0.3%−1.6%−0.7%−0.5%+0.4%
2020+1.1%−0.1%−4.2%+1.6%+1.1%+1.2%+3.4%+0.3%−0.2%−0.3%+2.9%+2.1%
2019————————−0.7%+0.7%−1.1%+1.3%

FGTBX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Dec 2021 – Nov 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 9.39%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.94 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +4.99% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −5.10% (Apr 2022)

FGTBX Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$428K
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $1.4M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.76×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Nov 2024$102K$545K−$443K
Oct 2024$25K$407K−$382K
Sep 2024$10K$376K−$366K
Aug 2024$163K$272K−$109K
Jul 2024$112K$267K−$154K
Jun 2024$60K$246K−$185K
May 2024$48K$143K−$96K
Apr 2024$31K$235K−$204K
Mar 2024$44K$371K−$327K
Feb 2024$222K−$266K$488K
Jan 2024$42K−$256K$298K
Dec 2023$515K−$537K$1.1M

FGTBX Assets Under Management

Net assets of Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-11-30$15.69M
2024-08-31$17.00M
2024-05-31$16.62M
2024-02-29$17.40M
2023-11-30$17.85M
2023-08-31$19.02M
2023-05-31$20.27M
2023-02-28$20.79M
2022-11-30$21.60M
2022-08-31$24.34M
2022-05-31$28.87M
2022-02-28$32.04M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.