Pacer Advisors Inc. Decreases Stock Holdings in Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG)

Pacer Advisors Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG) by 17.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 23,430 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,975 shares during the quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Janus Henderson Group were worth $996,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in JHG. Quarry LP grew its position 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 last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its holdings in Janus Henderson Group by 56.5% in the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 284 shares during the last quarter. Huntington National Bank grew its position in Janus Henderson Group by 24.5% in the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 1,219 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. Addison Advisors LLC lifted 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 valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 642 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in 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 buying an additional 575 shares in the last quarter. 87.94% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $43.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Janus Henderson Group from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $42.00 to $45.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Janus Henderson Group from $45.00 to $44.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $42.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $40.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $45.63.

Janus Henderson Group Trading Down 0.8 %

NYSE JHG opened at $44.55 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.08, a current ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The company has a market cap of $7.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 1.50. Janus Henderson Group plc has a twelve month low of $29.50 and a twelve month high of $45.74. The business’s fifty day moving average is $43.34 and its 200 day moving average is $40.25.

Janus Henderson Group (NYSE:JHG) last posted its earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.82 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Janus Henderson Group plc will post 3.74 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Janus Henderson Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th will be given a $0.39 dividend. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.50%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 11th. Janus Henderson Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 60.94%.

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.