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Special Opportunities Fund (Special Opportunities Fund) Pretax Margin % : 97.19% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Special Opportunities Fund Pretax Margin %?

Pre-Tax margin is calculated as Pre-Tax Income divided by its Revenue. Special Opportunities Fund's Pre-Tax Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.30 Mil. Special Opportunities Fund's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.72 Mil. Therefore, Special Opportunities Fund's pretax margin for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 97.19%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Special Opportunities Fund's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

SPEpB.PFD' s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 94.07   Med: 97.56   Max: 107.55
Current: 96.83


SPEpB.PFD's Pretax Margin % is ranked better than
63.93% of 1669 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 89.62 vs SPEpB.PFD: 96.83

Special Opportunities Fund Pretax Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Special Opportunities Fund's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Special Opportunities Fund Pretax Margin % Chart

Special Opportunities Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Pretax Margin %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 97.56 94.07 98.07 104.17 96.83

Special Opportunities Fund Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Pretax Margin % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 95.68 101.97 72.47 96.42 97.19

Competitive Comparison of Special Opportunities Fund's Pretax Margin %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Special Opportunities Fund's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % 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 Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Special Opportunities Fund's Pretax Margin % falls into.



Special Opportunities Fund Pretax Margin % Calculation

Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Special Opportunities Fund's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Pretax Margin=Pre-Tax Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=26.659/27.532
=96.83 %

Special Opportunities Fund's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Pretax Margin=Pre-Tax Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=14.303/14.716
=97.19 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Special Opportunities Fund  (NYSE:SPEpB.PFD) Pretax Margin % Explanation

The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.

The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.

It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.

The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.


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Special Opportunities Fund (Special Opportunities Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53202
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.

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