analyzeportfolio
Nasdaq · Financials

HENNESSY ADVISORS INC (HNNA)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for HENNESSY ADVISORS INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About HENNESSY ADVISORS INC

Hennessy Advisors Inc provides investment advisory services and manages mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The company offers financial products including open-end mutual funds and money market funds. It serves individual and institutional investors seeking investment management and shareholder services.

Snapshot

Revenue
$35.5M
Revenue growth (YoY)
19.9%
Net income
$10.0M
Diluted EPS
$1.27
Gross margin
Operating margin
37.0%
Net margin
28.0%
FCF margin
37.6%
ROE
10.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
9.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$79.0M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended September 30, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Hennessy Advisors

  • Revenue grew 19.9% to $36M in FY2025, slower than the 23.4% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 37.0% in FY2025, +3.8 pp against 33.2% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $8M, up 4.2% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $13M in FY2025, 37.6% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 40.3% to $10M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Hennessy Advisors’s fundamentals sit among the 425 Financials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin37.0%
86th percentile of 146
Net margin28.0%
78th percentile of 377
FCF margin37.6%
81st percentile of 272
Revenue growth (YoY)+19.9%
68th percentile of 420
ROE10.2%
54th percentile of 375
P/E9.5×
20th percentile of 318
Short interest1.02d
9th percentile of 420

Hennessy Advisors’s operating margin of 37.0% ranks in the 86th percentile of the 146 Financials companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+2 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
0 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$1.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$991,53397.7KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$131,74713.0KAdded

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-11
filed 2026-05-12
Fahy KathrynSVP and CFOSell10.0K$10.00$100K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
4.8K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+5.4%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.02
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
4.7K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-144.8K+5.4%1.02
2026-07-314.6K+27.1%1.00
2026-07-153.6K-14.8%1.00
2026-06-304.2K+72.1%1.00
2026-06-152.5K-66.1%1.00
2026-05-297.3K+19.2%1.00
2026-05-156.1K-27.8%1.08
2026-04-308.4K+103.6%2.02

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$35.5M$29.6M$24.0M$29.7M$32.8M
Gross profit
Operating income$13.1M$8.9M$6.3M$9.8M$10.9M
Net income$10.0M$7.1M$4.8M$6.2M$7.9M
Diluted EPS$1.27$0.92$0.63$0.82$1.07

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$72.4M$63.9M$60.5M$58.5M$15.8M
Current assets$76.5M$68.3M$63.7M$61.7M$19.7M
Total assets$160.5M$152.1M$145.7M$143.7M$101.9M
Current liabilities$6.0M$5.0M$4.2M$4.7M$5.6M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$62.7M$60.8M$58.0M$57.4M$18.6M
Total equity$97.7M$91.3M$87.8M$86.3M$83.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$13.8M$9.3M$7.1M$8.7M$10.4M
Capital expenditure$440,000$313,000$215,000$216,000$249,000
Free cash flow$13.4M$9.0M$6.9M$8.4M$10.1M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$8.4M4.2%$2.0M$0.25
Q2 FY2026$8.1M-12.3%$1.9M$0.24
Q1 FY2026$8.3M-14.3%$1.9M$0.24
Q4 FY2025$8.5M-3.2%$2.4M$0.32
Q3 FY2025$8.1M3.5%$2.1M$0.26
Q2 FY2025$9.3M33.7%$2.6M$0.33
Q1 FY2025$9.7M58.0%$2.8M$0.36
Q4 FY2024$8.8M40.3%$2.3M$0.30

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorFinancials
SIC industryInvestment Advice
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended September 30, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2004
SEC CIK1145255

Selected SEC filings

10-K2025-12-03
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2026-08-05
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2026-05-06
View on EDGAR →
10-Q2026-02-05
View on EDGAR →
8-K2026-08-05
View on EDGAR →
8-K2026-05-28
View on EDGAR →
8-K2026-05-06
View on EDGAR →
8-K2026-02-09
View on EDGAR →

Largest Financials peers

All Financials companies →

Monitor HNNA

Get an alert when Hennessy Advisors files something material, see which superinvestors own it, and ask its filings a question with cited answers.

Monitor HNNA free

Includes one free filing-grounded research answer. Or check your whole portfolio, no account needed.

Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.