HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) Announces Earnings Results

Key Points

• HgCapital Trust reported quarterly EPS of GBX 3.13, with a net margin of 91.61% and a return on equity of 3.15%.
• Shares opened at GBX 399.56 (down 0.1%), trading in a 52‑week range of GBX 365.50–530, with a market cap of £1.83 billion and a PE ratio of 23.35.
• Insiders have been buying recently — Jim Strang bought 9,895 shares at GBX 427 and Graham Paterson bought 4,300 at GBX 425 — with insiders acquiring 49,341 shares (~$20.95M) in the last 90 days and owning 0.19% of the stock.

HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT - ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday. The investment trust reported GBX 3.13 EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. HgCapital Trust had a net margin of 91.61% and a return on equity of 3.15%.

HgCapital Trust Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of HGT stock opened at GBX 399.56 on Monday. HgCapital Trust has a 52-week low of GBX 365.50 and a 52-week high of GBX 530. The stock has a market cap of £1.83 billion, a PE ratio of 23.35 and a beta of 0.27. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 463.75 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 480.60.

Insider Activity at HgCapital Trust

In related news, insider Jim Strang acquired 9,895 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 6th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 427 per share, for a total transaction of £42,251.65. Also, insider Graham Paterson bought 4,300 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 6th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 425 per share, with a total value of £18,275. Insiders bought 49,341 shares of company stock valued at $20,954,941 in the last 90 days. 0.19% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About HgCapital Trust

HgT provides investors with a unique opportunity to participate in the growth in value of a portfolio of +58 private companies sourced by Hg. Value is created through implementing an investment strategy focused on software and business service companies with resilient, recurring revenue streams and from leveraging the network and expertise of Hg to support management teams to deliver the full potential of their respective businesses. Hg brings to HgT an experienced team of c.430 employees, including >250 investment and other professional executives, supported by a network of portfolio partners, all of them seasoned senior managers from across industry, who work with the management teams of the companies in which we are invested to create value for shareholders. At the centre of this network, Hg builds and shares knowledge and expertise by facilitating the active collaboration of management teams across sector clusters and geographies. HgT's funds are invested pro rata alongside those of Hg's other institutional clients.

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