Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) Issues Earnings Results

Key Points

• Henderson Smaller Companies reported quarterly earnings of GBX 27.89 ($0.37) per share, with a return on equity of 13.76% and a net margin of 93.00%.
• As of the latest trading, the company's stock price decreased to GBX 873 ($11.53), with a market capitalization of £641.02 million and a P/E ratio of 6.99.
• The firm's investment focus is on maximizing total returns by primarily investing in smaller UK companies.

Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL - ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported GBX 27.89 ($0.37) earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Henderson Smaller Companies had a return on equity of 13.76% and a net margin of 93.00%.

Henderson Smaller Companies Price Performance

Shares of Henderson Smaller Companies stock traded down GBX 14 ($0.18) during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 873 ($11.53). The stock had a trading volume of 129,483 shares, compared to its average volume of 188,037. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.12, a current ratio of 0.37 and a quick ratio of 0.20. The firm has a market cap of £641.02 million, a P/E ratio of 6.99 and a beta of 1.27. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 859.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 808.90. Henderson Smaller Companies has a fifty-two week low of GBX 638.75 ($8.44) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 964 ($12.73).

About Henderson Smaller Companies

The Company's investment objective is to maximize shareholders' total returns by investing mainly in smaller companies that are quoted in the United Kingdom. The Company is engaged in investing in shares and securities.

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