---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-058312"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNNA"
cik: "0001145255"
company_name: "HENNESSY ADVISORS INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T05:24:58.063557+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hennessy Advisors FY2021 EPS $1.07, net income up 0.8%, revenue down 1.9%

## Summary
- Total revenue $32.8M, down 1.9% YoY; net income $7.9M, up 0.8% YoY.
- Fully diluted EPS $1.07 vs. $1.06 prior year, a 0.9% increase.
- Total AUM $4.1B as of Sept 30, 2021, up 14.1% from $3.6B a year ago.
- Cash and equivalents $15.8M, up 59.1%; average AUM $4.0B (down 2.7%).
- Recent bond offering post-fiscal-year cited as providing large reserves for future opportunities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-058312
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNNA
- cik: 0001145255
- company_name: HENNESSY ADVISORS INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000156459021058312/0001564590-21-058312-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000156459021058312/hnna-8k_20211124.htm

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