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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 Change0.02 / 0.48%
  • Shares traded39.81k
  • 1 Year change+31.13%
  • Beta1.8487
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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
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Roth CH Acquisition V Co0.00-1.73m55.64m----4.06-----0.325-0.3250.002.790.00-------7.68---8.85--------------0.0726-------112.15------
MDB Capital Holdings LLC1.83m-20.05m55.77m40.00--1.69--30.53-2.22-2.220.20453.550.0561--1.6445,668.25-66.19---74.67-------1,179.83------0.00--395.91---31.14------
United States 12 Month Oil Fund LP-23.59m-24.05m55.98m----16.57-----9.73-9.73-9.192.25-0.4079-------41.602.95-41.663.13--78.12--77.72----0.000.00407.34--362.06------
Maquia Capital Acquisition Corp0.00-64.43k56.58m----26.0070.16---0.008-0.0080.000.4170.00-------0.5336---0.7639--------------0.5302-------113.35------
Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund4.62m3.75m57.44m--15.300.9417--12.440.39670.39670.48816.450.0534--7.81--4.340.27246.110.382466.9381.8581.276.38----0.28651,238.809.92-0.3311139.54-0.4395---1.73
European Equity Fund Inc2.38m5.71m58.05m--10.200.8026--24.440.84640.84640.352410.750.0334--3.66--8.01--8.07--64.44--240.25------0.00---2.64--176.29------
First Trust Spclty Fin & Fncl Opptnts Fd7.02m17.70m59.91m--3.380.949--8.531.231.230.48894.390.1072--56.92--27.01--27.08--80.74--252.02------0.1199--32.10--299.65------
Heritage Global Inc55.02m11.16m60.87m82.005.460.92495.191.110.29880.29881.471.760.64773.8427.78670,963.4013.1418.8616.5626.1667.4264.4820.2924.021.76--0.08830.0029.0620.67-19.4827.1721.02--
Global Blockchain Acquisition Corp0.00467.72k61.36m--187.2610.52131.20--0.05950.05950.001.060.00------0.4915--0.5012--------------0.1085------157.13------
Coliseum Acquisition Corp0.00362.70k61.62m--939.912.66----0.01180.01180.004.180.00------0.7775--0.8163--------------0.0177-------59.19------
TOP Financial Group Ltd8.04m1.05m62.19m11.00103.511.5357.587.740.01620.01620.2491.090.1642--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--
A SPAC II Acquisition Corp0.001.44m62.34m2.0079.255.16----0.13830.13830.002.120.00------1.23--1.27--------------0.00------122.54------
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund-100.00bn-100.00bn63.58m--------------------------------------------------------------
Futuretech II Acquisition Corp0.001.35m64.36m--90.013.0147.57--0.12270.12270.003.670.00------1.78--1.86--------------0.00------315.92------
Data as of Nov 09 2024. Currency figures normalised to First Trust Special Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

23.48%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 Jun 2024567.12k3.95%
RiverNorth Capital Management LLCas of 30 Jun 2024211.22k1.47%
Commonwealth Equity Services LLCas of 30 Sep 2024178.10k1.24%
Alpine Global Management LLCas of 30 Jun 2024160.00k1.11%
Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp.as of 30 Sep 2024144.44k1.01%
Private Advisor Group LLCas of 30 Sep 2024126.96k0.88%
Flagship Harbor Advisors LLCas of 30 Sep 2024110.87k0.77%
Atomi Financial Group, Inc.as of 30 Sep 2024108.00k0.75%
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