With 1.29 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.49 million shares. The 52-week range on JHG shows that it touched its highest point at $46.68 and its lowest point at $28.26 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $36.80. With its current market cap of 5.52 billion, JHG has annualized dividend of $1.56 while the current yield stands at 4.45%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.39.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of JHG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.07%, but this was up by 16.06% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -20.38% while six-month performance fell -15.15%. The stock gained 9.67% in the past year, while it has lost -17.59% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for JHG yields 2.52 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.61. For the next quarter, that number is 0.81. This implies an EPS growth rate of -6.45% for this year and 9.19% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.22% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 3.04%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 157.52 million JHG shares are outstanding with a float of 156.48 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for JHG since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.44806 being high and $3.3881 being low. For JHG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.41808.
