Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) Issues Earnings Results

Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 13.05 ($0.16) earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Henderson Smaller Companies had a net margin of 93.00% and a return on equity of 13.12%.

Henderson Smaller Companies Stock Up 0.5 %

HSL traded up GBX 4.13 ($0.05) during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 821.13 ($10.20). 240,151 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 203,465. Henderson Smaller Companies has a fifty-two week low of GBX 752 ($9.34) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 987.65 ($12.27). The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 811.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 852.68. 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 stock has a market cap of £610.84 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 656.90 and a beta of 1.27.

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.