Ryan C. Kelley, CFA

Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager
Ryan C. Kelley
“We are long term investors, staying ever mindful of downside risk while striving to participate in the upside, with each individual fund having its own objective, process, portfolio construction, and investment criteria.”
  • 30
    Years of Investing Experience

Ryan brings over two decades of financial services experience to his role as Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at Hennessy Funds.

Ryan began his career as an associate in corporate finance at FBR & Co., a leading investment bank, and later joined their institutional equity research team. He was named to the FBR Funds Portfolio Management team in 2005. Ryan joined Hennessy Funds in 2012 through the acquisition of FBR Funds, and he was promoted to Chief Investment Officer in 2021 to lead our team of investment professionals.

Ryan received a BA from Oberlin College, and he is a CFA charterholder and a member of both the CFA Society Boston and the CFA Society North Carolina.

Ryan C. Kelley
“We are long term investors, staying ever mindful of downside risk while striving to participate in the upside, with each individual fund having its own objective, process, portfolio construction, and investment criteria.”
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7250 Redwood Boulevard, Suite 200
 Novato, CA 94945
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Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted and can be found here.

Neither forward earnings nor earnings growth is a measure of a fund’s future performance.

ETFs are subject to additional risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including the risks that the market price of an ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or discount to its net asset value, an active secondary trading market may not develop or be maintained, or trading may be halted by the exchange in which they trade, which may impact an ETF's ability to sell its shares. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the ETF. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Gains or losses on a single stock may have a greater impact on the Fund. For these and other reasons, there is no guarantee the Fund will achieve its stated objective. The Fund seeks to pursue its investment objective by using proprietary models that incorporate quantitative analysis. There is no guarantee that the Portfolio Managers’ use of these models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund. From time to time, the Fund may concentrate its investments in one or more industry sectors. The Fund is currently substantially invested in the Health Care, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors and its performance is therefore tied closely to, and affected by, developments in these industries. The Fund invests in small-sized and medium-sized companies, which may have more limited liquidity and greater price volatility than larger, more established companies. Smaller companies may have limited product lines, markets, and financial resources, and their management may be dependent on fewer key individuals.

Sustainability Investing Risk: (STNC) The risk that applying sustainable investment analysis to the Portfolio Managers’ investment decisions regarding the Fund’s portfolio may forgo certain investment opportunities otherwise available to the Fund. The Fund intends to invest in companies with measurably high sustainability ratings relative to their sector peers, and screen out particular companies that do not meet its sustainability criteria. The Fund believes that these sustainability factors are material to its assessment of the risk-return profiles of companies in which it invests. The relevance and weighting of sustainability criteria may vary significantly among issuers and third-party data providers. Sustainability is a subjective assessment and it is not uniformly defined. Sustainability data may be incomplete, delayed, inaccurate, or unavailable, which could lead to an incorrect assessment of a company’s sustainability characteristics. The Fund’s returns may be lower than other funds that do not seek to invest in companies based on sustainability ratings or screen out certain companies or industries. The Fund seeks to identify companies that it believes may have higher sustainability ratings, but investors may differ in their views of sustainability characteristics. As a result, the Fund may invest in companies that do not reflect the beliefs and values of any particular investor. Regulatory changes regarding the definition or use of sustainability criteria could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to invest in accordance with its sustainability strategy.

For additional risks of investing in the fund, please see the prospectus.

Diversification does not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment loss.

Distribution Rate reflects the investment income per share during the last 12 months divided by the share price at the end of the period, expressed as an annual percentage rate. It is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent distribution. The annualized dividend yield may not reflect the actual yield an investor would receive. 30-Day SEC Yield is a standardized yield computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the past 30-day period by the share price at the end of the period, expressed as an annual percentage rate. The 30-Day SEC Yield should be regarded as an estimate of the Fund’s rate of recent investment income, and it may not equal the Fund’s actual distribution rate. Past yields are no guarantee of future yields.

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The Hennessy Funds are offered only to United States residents, and information on this web site is intended only for such persons. Nothing on this web site should be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell shares of any Hennessy Fund in any jurisdiction where the offer or solicitation would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

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