Shelton Capital Management Invests $204,000 in Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG)

Shelton Capital Management acquired a new stake in Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE:JHG) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 4,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $204,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of JHG. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,172,756 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,877,000 after buying an additional 20,676 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC increased its position in Janus Henderson Group by 127.4% in the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 38,757 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,619,000 after acquiring an additional 21,713 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. raised its stake in Janus Henderson Group by 734.9% during the 4th quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 141,939 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,037,000 after acquiring an additional 124,938 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in Janus Henderson Group by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 248,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,570,000 after acquiring an additional 9,896 shares during the period. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in shares of Janus Henderson Group by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 8,755 shares of the company’s stock worth $372,000 after purchasing an additional 339 shares in the last quarter. 87.94% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

JHG has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Evercore ISI reduced their price objective on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $44.00 to $33.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Janus Henderson Group from $46.00 to $36.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Bank of America raised Janus Henderson Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $57.00 to $43.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. StockNews.com lowered Janus Henderson Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price target on 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. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $44.22.

Janus Henderson Group Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of Janus Henderson Group stock opened at $30.58 on Friday. Janus Henderson Group plc has a 1 year low of $28.26 and a 1 year high of $46.68. The company has a market cap of $4.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.94, a P/E/G ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a current ratio of 3.08, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $38.50 and a 200 day moving average price of $41.06.

Janus Henderson Group (NYSE:JHG) last posted 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 quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.82 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Janus Henderson Group plc will post 3.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Janus Henderson Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 11th were given a $0.39 dividend. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.10%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 11th. Janus Henderson Group’s payout ratio 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.