Hennessy Advisors (HNNA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hennessy Advisors, Inc. is an investment management company that provides advisory services to mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment vehicles. The company develops and manages portfolios for individual and institutional investors, with strategies spanning U.S. equities, financial companies, growth stocks, income-oriented investments and other specialized areas.

Through the Hennessy Funds family, the company offers a range of actively managed and index-oriented investment products. Its services include portfolio management, investment research, fund administration oversight and related shareholder support. Hennessy Advisors primarily serves investors in the United States through financial intermediaries, retirement platforms and other distribution channels.

The company traces its roots to 1989 and is based in Novato, California. Neil J. Hennessy serves as the company’s chairman, chief executive officer, president and chief investment officer, and is associated with the firm’s investment management approach and product development.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.15 to $10.55
• 50-Day Range: $9.76 to $10.48
• 52-Week Range: $8.90 to $11.19
• Volume: 3,147 shs
• Average Volume: 8,014 shs
• Market Capitalization: $80.42 million
• P/E Ratio: 9.79
• Dividend Yield: 5.89%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Hennessy Advisors Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hennessy Advisors scored higher than 44% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 651st out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Hennessy Advisors has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hennessy Advisors has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hennessy Advisors is 9.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.92.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hennessy Advisors is 9.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.57.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hennessy Advisors has a P/B Ratio of 0.81. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.12% of the float of Hennessy Advisors has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Hennessy Advisors has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.87, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Hennessy Advisors has recently increased by 38.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Hennessy Advisors is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.89%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Hennessy Advisors does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hennessy Advisors is 57.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.57

News Sentiment

Hennessy Advisors has a news sentiment score of 0.57. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Hennessy Advisors this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hennessy Advisors insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $59,491.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

36.00% of the stock of Hennessy Advisors is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

10.31% of the stock of Hennessy Advisors is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/3 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/3 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/03/2026
• Today: 9/26/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/09/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:HNNA
• CIK: 1145255
• Web: www.hennessyadvisors.com
• Phone: (415) 899-1555
• Fax: 415-899-1559
• Employees: 18
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.04
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.79
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $9.96 million
• Net Margins: 24.77%
• Pretax Margin: 33.70%
• Return on Equity: 8.31%
• Return on Assets: 5.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 9.39
• Quick Ratio: 9.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $35.54 million
• Price / Sales: 2.26
• Cash Flow: $1.36 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.49
• Book Value: $12.55 per share
• Price / Book: 0.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 7,900,000
• Free Float: 5,059,000
• Market Cap: $80.42 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.58