Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

Frequently Asked Questions About JKHY

What does JKHY invest in?

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. operates as a financial technology company that connects people and financial institutions through technology solutions and payment processing services. It operates through four segments: Core, Payments, Complementary, and Corporate and Other. The Core segment provides core information processing platforms to banks and credit unions, which consist of integrated applications required to process deposit, loan, general ledger transactions, and maintain centralized accountholder information. The Payments segment offers secure payment processing tools and services, including ATM, automated clearing house origination and remote deposit capture processing, and risk management products and services, as well as debit and credit card processing services, and online and mobile bill pay solutions. The Complementary segment provides software, and hosted processing platforms and services comprising digital/mobile banking, treasury, online account opening, fraud/anti-money laundering, and lending/deposit solutions. The Corporate and Other segment offers hardware and other products. It offers specialized financial performance, imaging and payment, information security and risk management, retail delivery, and online and mobile solutions to financial services organizations and corporate entities. The company also provides SilverLake system, a system primarily designed for commercial-focused banks; Symitar, a system designed for credit unions; CIF 20/20, a parameter-driven system for banks; and Core Director, a system with point-and-click operation for banks. It provides digital products and services under the Banno Digital Platform, and electronic payment solutions; hardware systems; implementation, training, and support and service solutions; data center solutions; and data and transaction processing, and software licensing and related services, as well as professional services. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Monett, Missouri.

What is the expense ratio of JKHY?

An expense ratio for Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (JKHY) is not available from our data sources — neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured prospectus and annual-report datasets report one for this share class. The fund's prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative fee.

What is JKHY's distribution yield?

JKHY's trailing-twelve-month yield is 1.58%, calculated from the sum of distributions over the past year divided by the current price.

How does JKHY's covered-call strategy work?

JKHY sells call options against the stocks (or index) it holds, collecting premium income that gets passed through to shareholders as distributions. The strategy generates above-market income in flat or rising markets but caps upside — when the underlying rallies past the strike, the gains above the strike go to the option buyer, not the fund.

What is the duration of JKHY?

Effective duration measures JKHY's sensitivity to interest-rate changes — a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. JKHY's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.

What is the credit quality of JKHY?

JKHY's credit quality breakdown — the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below — is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds.