Short Interest in Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG) Drops By 6.7%

Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,430,000 shares, a decline of 6.7% from the December 15th total of 4,750,000 shares. Approximately 2.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 965,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.6 days.

Institutional Trading of Janus Henderson Group

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Quarry LP lifted its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 203.6% during the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 759 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 509 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in Janus Henderson Group by 56.5% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 787 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 284 shares in the last quarter. Huntington National Bank boosted its holdings in Janus Henderson Group by 24.5% in the 3rd quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 1,219 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 240 shares during the period. Addison Advisors LLC grew its position in 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 acquiring an additional 642 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 70.6% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,390 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 575 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.94% of the company’s stock.

Janus Henderson Group Trading Up 1.9 %

JHG stock traded up $0.82 on Friday, hitting $42.91. 567,649 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 802,661. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 2.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 1.50. Janus Henderson Group has a twelve month low of $28.23 and a twelve month high of $45.74. The business’s fifty day moving average is $43.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $39.66.

Janus Henderson Group (NYSE:JHG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.11. Janus Henderson Group had a return on equity of 11.49% and a net margin of 17.33%. The business had revenue of $624.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $600.88 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.64 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts forecast that Janus Henderson Group will post 3.46 earnings per share for the current year.

Janus Henderson Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 27th were issued a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 27th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.64%. Janus Henderson Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 61.66%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. Evercore ISI increased their target price on Janus Henderson Group from $40.00 to $43.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $37.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 22nd. Morgan Stanley boosted 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 research report on Friday, December 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Janus Henderson Group from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $42.00 to $45.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Janus Henderson Group from $45.00 to $44.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Janus Henderson Group presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $44.75.

Janus Henderson Group Company Profile

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.