Taika Capital LP Invests $740,000 in Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG)

Taika Capital LP bought a new position in shares of Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 17,410 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $740,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Quarry LP boosted its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 509 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 284 shares during the period. Richardson Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 363 shares during the period. Huntington National Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 24.5% during the third 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. Finally, Addison Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 103.4% during the third quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 1,263 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after acquiring an additional 642 shares during the period. 87.94% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on JHG. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Janus Henderson Group from $43.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. UBS Group raised shares of Janus Henderson Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $45.00 to $50.00 in a report on Monday, February 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. 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 report on Friday, December 20th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Janus Henderson Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $47.38.

Janus Henderson Group Stock Down 2.4 %

NYSE JHG opened at $37.25 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $42.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $41.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.87 billion, a PE ratio of 14.55, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.49. Janus Henderson Group plc has a fifty-two week low of $30.35 and a fifty-two week high of $46.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 2.08.

Janus Henderson Group (NYSE:JHG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.13. Janus Henderson Group had a return on equity of 12.18% and a net margin of 16.38%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.82 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Janus Henderson Group plc will post 3.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Janus Henderson Group Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th were issued a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 11th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.19%. Janus Henderson Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 60.94%.

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.