Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Acquires 24,032 Shares of Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG)

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd lifted its holdings in Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG) by 439.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 29,501 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 24,032 shares during the quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in Janus Henderson Group were worth $1,255,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in JHG. Quarry LP increased its holdings in Janus Henderson Group by 203.6% during the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 759 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 509 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. increased its holdings in Janus Henderson Group by 56.5% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 787 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 284 shares during the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Janus Henderson Group by 89.4% during the fourth quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 363 shares during the last quarter. Huntington National Bank increased its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 24.5% in the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 1,219 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Addison Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 103.4% in the third quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 1,263 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 642 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.94% of the company’s stock.

Janus Henderson Group Trading Up 0.2 %

JHG stock opened at $41.98 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a current ratio of 3.08. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $43.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $41.24. Janus Henderson Group plc has a 52 week low of $30.35 and a 52 week high of $46.68. The company has a market capitalization of $6.67 billion, a PE ratio of 16.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.50.

Janus Henderson Group (NYSE:JHG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.13. Janus Henderson Group had a net margin of 16.38% and a return on equity of 12.18%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.82 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Janus Henderson Group plc will post 3.75 earnings per share for the current year.

Janus Henderson Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 11th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 11th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.72%. Janus Henderson Group’s dividend payout ratio is 60.94%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. UBS Group upgraded shares of Janus Henderson Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $45.00 to $50.00 in a report on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Janus Henderson Group from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $42.00 to $45.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $40.00 to $43.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, December 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Janus Henderson Group from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $44.00 to $53.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $47.38.

About Janus Henderson Group

Janus Henderson Group plc is an asset management holding entity. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides services to institutional, retail clients, and high net worth clients. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients.