Abrdn Life Sciences Investors

NYSE:HQL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$357.7m

Abrdn Life Sciences Investors Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

There is insufficient data on Abrdn Life Sciences Investors's performance over the last few years.

Key information

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Earnings growth rate

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EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth10.3%
Revenue growth rate34.4%
Return on equity1.3%
Net Margin156.5%
Last Earnings Update31 Mar 2023

Recent past performance updates

No updates

Recent updates

HQL: Hold Your Investments In This Healthcare CEF For Strong, Steady Yield

Sep 27

HQL: 13% Discount Creates An Opportunity

Jun 29

Tekla Life Sciences raises dividend by 6.5% to $0.33

Feb 15

Tekla Life Sciences declines quarterly dividend by -11.4% to $0.31/share

Nov 16

Tekla Life Sciences Investors: 10% Yield And Trading 10.5% Below NAV

Oct 23

HQL: A Biotechnology Equity CEF With No Leverage

Jul 12

HQL: Buy For The Yield, If You Can Stomach The Depreciation

Apr 27

Tekla Life Sciences Investors: Buy For Steady, Quarterly Dividend

Feb 11

Tekla Life Sciences Investors Rides Biotechnology Wave, Offers Growth With Steady Income

Sep 22

Evaluating Closed-End Funds: HQL Is Another Fine Pick In A Hot Sector

Jun 29

Tekla Life Sciences Investors: 8% Yield, 7% Discount

Jan 09

Tekla Life Sciences declares $0.02 special dividend

Dec 21

Tekla Life Sciences declares $0.40 dividend

Nov 16

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
Beta

How Abrdn Life Sciences Investors makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:HQL Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Mar 234560
31 Dec 223-5060
30 Sep 223-10560
30 Jun 223-7460
31 Mar 223-4360
31 Dec 2121160
30 Sep 2126560
30 Jun 2129460
31 Mar 21212460
31 Dec 20312460
30 Sep 20312360
30 Jun 2036150
31 Mar 203-150
31 Dec 193-3650
30 Sep 192-7050
30 Jun 192-3150
31 Mar 192960
31 Dec 1821960
30 Sep 1822960
30 Jun 1822560
31 Mar 1822260
31 Dec 1724560
30 Sep 1726960
30 Jun 1727650
31 Mar 1728450
31 Dec 1613650
30 Sep 161-1250
30 Jun 161-6660
31 Mar 162-12060
31 Dec 151-4060
30 Sep 1514060
30 Jun 1519360
31 Mar 15114550
31 Dec 14111750
30 Sep 1418950
30 Jun 1419240
31 Mar 1419440
31 Dec 1318940
30 Sep 1318540
30 Jun 1316740

Quality Earnings: HQL has a large one-off gain of $7.5M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st March, 2023.

Growing Profit Margin: HQL became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: Insufficient data to determine if HQL's year-on-year earnings growth rate was positive over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: HQL has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: HQL has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (3.3%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: HQL's Return on Equity (1.3%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed

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