Special Opportunities Fund (Special Opportunities Fund) Forward Dividend Yield % : 2.99% (As of May. 11, 2024)

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What is Special Opportunities Fund Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-11), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Special Opportunities Fund is 2.99%.

As of today (2024-05-11), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Special Opportunities Fund is 2.99%.

SPEpB.PFD's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
73.3% of 1206 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.79 vs SPEpB.PFD: 2.99

Special Opportunities Fund's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, Special Opportunities Fund's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -19.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 28.60% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Special Opportunities Fund was 88.70% per year. The lowest was -5.30% per year. And the median was 8.10% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

Competitive Comparison of Special Opportunities Fund's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Special Opportunities Fund's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Special Opportunities Fund's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Special Opportunities Fund's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Special Opportunities Fund's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.

Special Opportunities Fund Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Special Opportunities Fund (NYSE:SPEpB.PFD) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Special Opportunities Fund (Special Opportunities Fund) Business Description

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Address

615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53202

Website

https://www.specialopportunitiesfundinc.com

Special Opportunities Fund Inc is the United States based closed-end diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to have the total return. The company's investment portfolio consists of investment companies, common stocks, money market funds, commodity partnerships, preferred stocks, convertible bonds, liquidating trusts, promissory notes, senior unsecured notes, warrants, rights, corporate notes and corporate bonds. In addition, it also makes investments in construction materials, consumer finance, healthcare equipment and supplies, independent power and renewable electricity producers, insurance, personal products, professional services and real estate investment trusts.