Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund GF Score : 36/100 (As of May. 06, 2024)

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What is Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund GF Score?

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund has the GF Score of 36, which implies that the company might have Worst future performance potential, or not enough data.

The GF Score is a stock performance ranking system developed by GuruFocus using five aspects of valuation, which has been found to be closely correlated to the long-term performances of stocks by backtesting from 2006 to 2021. The stocks with a higher GF Score generally generate higher returns than those with lower GF Scores. Therefore, when picking stocks, investors should invest in companies with high GF Scores. The GF Score ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 as the highest rank.

GF Score takes following five key aspects into consideration:

1. Financial Strength : 3/10
2. Profitability Rank : 2/10
3. Growth Rank : 0/10
4. GF Value Rank : 0/10
5. Momentum Rank : 5/10

Each one of these components is ranked and the ranks also have positive correlation with the long term performances of stocks. The GF score is calculated using the five key aspects of analysis. Through backtesting, we know that each of these key aspects has a different impact on the stock price performance. Thus, they are weighted differently when calculating the total score. The Profitability Rank and the Growth Rank are weighted fully, while other parameters have less weight.

Based on research and backtesting result, GuruFocus believes Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund might have Worst future performance potential, or not enough data.

Please click GF Score to see more details on the GF Score's 5 Key Aspects of Analysis.

Competitive Comparison of Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's GF Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's GF Score, along with its competitors' market caps and GF Score 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.

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's GF Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's GF Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's GF Score falls into.

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund (NYSE:MFD) GF Score Explanation

Based on the historical long-term performances among five valuation aspects, the GF Score is found to be closely correlated to the long-term performances of stocks. It ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 as the highest. GuruFocus divided GF Score into following 5 categories:

GF Score	Performance Potential and All-in-One Screener Examples ⁽¹⁾
91 - 100	Highest outperformance potential
81 - 90	Good outperformance potential
71 - 80	Likely to have average performance
51 - 70	Poor future performance potential
0 - 50	Worst future performance potential, or not enough data

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our GF Score filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab.

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Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, USA, 60187

Website

http://www.ftportfolios.com

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management company. Its objective is to seek a high level of current return consisting of dividends, interest, and other similar income while attempting to preserve capital. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in the securities of companies involved in the management, ownership, and operation of infrastructure and utilities. It also invests in senior secured loans generally considered to be high-yield securities. The company portfolio of investments consists of the investment in the common stocks, master limited partnerships, and senior floating-rate loan interests.

Executives

Bronwyn Wright	director	FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
William H Speacht	other: Investment Advisor	2005 MARKET ST, 34TH FL, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Thomas R Kadlec	director	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
M Keefe Denise	director	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Kelly Catherine Dehler	other: Officer-Investment Advisor	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Scott Michael Friske	other: Officer-Investment Advisor	FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Robert F Keith	director	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Fink William J Jr	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	125 WEST 55TH STREET, LEVEL 15, NEW YORK NY 10019
Shane Shannon	officer: Assistant Secretary	FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
John H Kim	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	C/O ANJIE LAROCCA, DEUTSCHE BANK, 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10020
Jonathan S Ong	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	1 MARTIN PLACE, LEVEL 21, SYDNEY C3 2000
Donald Swade	officer: Assistant Treasurer	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Katherine L Urevig	officer: Assistant Treasurer	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Anthony Felton	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	1 MARTIN PLACE, LEVEL 21, SYDNEY C3 2000
Andrew Maple-brown	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	125 WEST 55TH STREET, LEVEL 15, NEW YORK NY 10019