Special Opportunities Fund (Special Opportunities Fund) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : -2.40% (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Special Opportunities Fund 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

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

The historical rank and industry rank for Special Opportunities Fund's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

SPEpB.PFD' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.3 Med: 8.1 Max: 88.7
Current: -2.4

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.

SPEpB.PFD's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than
63.53% of 861 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.8 vs SPEpB.PFD: -2.40

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. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Special Opportunities Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00. As of today, Special Opportunities Fund's Dividend Yield % is 2.99%.

Warning Sign:

Special Opportunities Fund Inc stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

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

Competitive Comparison of Special Opportunities Fund's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Asset Management subindustry, Special Opportunities Fund's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Special Opportunities Fund's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Special Opportunities Fund's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.

Special Opportunities Fund 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Special Opportunities Fund (NYSE:SPEpB.PFD) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Special Opportunities Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	0	/	0
	=	N/A

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Special Opportunities Fund was 0.79. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.44.

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

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Special Opportunities Fund was 16.56%. The lowest was 1.84%. And the median was 8.49%.

Warning Sign:

Special Opportunities Fund Inc stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

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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.