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First Trust Special Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund

FGB:NYQ

First Trust Special Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund

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FinancialsClosed End Investments
  • Price (USD)4.17
  • Today's Change-0.06 / -1.42%
  • Shares traded39.46k
  • 1 Year change+23.37%
  • Beta1.8574
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About the company

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. The Fund seeks total return as a secondary objective. The Fund pursues its investment objectives by investing approximately 80% of its managed assets in a portfolio of securities of specialty finance and other financial companies. The Fund concentrates its investments in securities of companies within industries in the financial sector, including specialty finance companies, banks, savings institutions, brokerage firms, investment management companies, insurance companies, holding companies of the foregoing and companies that provide related services to such companies. The Fund's investment advisor is First Trust Advisors L.P.

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)7.02m
  • Net income in USD17.70m
  • Incorporated2007
  • Employees--
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
(5 yr avg)
Net profit margin (TTM)Net Profit margin
(5 yr avg)
Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
(5 yr avg)
Revenue
(YOY change %)
Revenue
(5 yr growth rate)
Net income
(YOY change %)
Net income
(5 yr growth rate)
Capital expenditure
(5 yr growth rate)
Dividend
(5 yr growth rate)
Cactus Acquisition Corp 1 Ltd0.00-176.00k56.64m----2.71-----0.0604-0.06040.004.120.00-------0.751---0.7871--------------0.0579------74.94------
Roth CH Acquisition V Co0.00-1.28m56.69m----4.19-----0.2544-0.25440.002.750.00-------5.71---6.69--------------0.087-------112.15------
Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund4.62m3.75m56.96m--15.170.9339--12.330.39670.39670.48816.450.0534--7.81--4.340.27246.110.382466.9381.8581.276.38----0.28651,238.809.92-0.3311139.54-0.4395---1.73
Heritage Global Inc49.88m10.28m60.12m82.005.840.90925.541.210.27550.27551.341.770.57673.3326.49608,268.3011.8818.8615.5526.1669.3664.4820.6024.021.56--0.00790.0029.0620.67-19.4827.1721.02--
First Trust Spclty Fin & Fncl Opptnts Fd7.02m17.70m60.77m--3.430.9627--8.651.231.230.48894.390.1072--56.92--27.01--27.08--80.74--252.02------0.1199--32.10--299.65------
Global Blockchain Acquisition Corp0.00-168.97k61.14m----10.81-----0.0365-0.03650.001.030.00-------0.9598---1.06--------------0.1464------157.13------
TOP Financial Group Ltd8.04m1.05m61.45m11.00102.281.5256.897.650.01620.01620.2491.090.1642--1.11730,646.402.1513.732.7518.9771.0848.0913.0826.33----0.000.00-17.10-5.71-69.05-3.93-12.30--
Coliseum Acquisition Corp0.00-964.96k61.62m----4.15-----0.1601-0.16010.002.680.00-------2.34---2.53--------------0.0357-------59.19------
A SPAC II Acquisition Corp0.00381.09k62.34m2.00201.80------0.05430.05430.00-0.48070.00------2.85--3.95----------------------122.54------
Marygold Companies Inc32.51m-5.16m62.51m116.00--2.45--1.92-0.1272-0.12720.80260.63310.91154.0319.36280,275.90-14.453.82-17.614.4672.8975.35-15.863.412.90--0.1269---5.854.03-449.26--1.48--
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund-100.00bn-100.00bn62.66m--------------------------------------------------------------
Insight Acquisition Corp0.00-3.59m62.94m-----------0.4228-0.42280.00-1.080.00-------39.53---90.99-------------5.91---------105.47------
Horizon Space Acquisition II Corp0.00-11.11k64.04m----8,197.19-----0.0014-0.00140.000.0012----------------------------0.00--------------
Futuretech II Acquisition Corp0.001.35m64.07m--89.603.0047.35--0.12270.12270.003.670.00------1.78--1.86--------------0.00------315.92------
Southport Acquisition Corp0.00-1.84m64.63m----9.81-----0.2718-0.27180.001.140.00-------6.13---7.16--------------0.00-------84.95------
Data as of Nov 22 2024. Currency figures normalised to First Trust Special Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

26.40%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
LPL Financial LLCas of 30 Sep 20241.07m7.43%
Saba Capital Management LPas of 14 Oct 2024698.96k4.87%
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (Investment Management)as of 30 Sep 2024570.13k3.97%
RiverNorth Capital Management LLCas of 30 Sep 2024384.10k2.67%
Sit Investment Associates, Inc.as of 30 Sep 2024284.70k1.98%
Almitas Capital LLCas of 30 Sep 2024179.49k1.25%
Commonwealth Equity Services LLCas of 30 Sep 2024178.10k1.24%
Alpine Global Management LLCas of 30 Sep 2024159.50k1.11%
Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp.as of 30 Sep 2024144.44k1.01%
Private Advisor Group LLCas of 30 Sep 2024126.96k0.88%
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