Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Inc.

NYSE:FFC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$675.9m

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -39.2%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 9.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 1.6% per year. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund's return on equity is 0.9%, and it has net margins of 7.9%.

Key information

-39.2%

Earnings growth rate

-39.0%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth10.3%
Revenue growth rate1.6%
Return on equity0.9%
Net Margin7.9%
Last Earnings Update30 Nov 2023

Recent past performance updates

No updates

Recent updates

FFC: Leveraged Bank Preferred Equity In Need Of Lower Rates

Apr 08

FFC: Portfolio Assets Appear Overpriced, Some Profit-Taking Could Be Smart

Feb 02

FFC: Better Yields Can Be Obtained Elsewhere

Nov 15

FFC: A High-Yielding Fixed-Income Fund With A Huge Discount

Sep 10

FFC: Understanding The Plunge, Staying On The Sidelines

Jun 30

FFC: Solid Preferred Stock Fund But Too Much Duration For My Outlook

Feb 08

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Incorporated decreases dividend by -7% to $0.093/share

Jan 20

FFC: Reasonable Investment Thesis But May Be Best To Wait Out Fed Policy

Dec 27

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Incorporated declares $0.10 dividend

Dec 09

FFC: 6 Month Checkup On This Popular Preferred Stock CEF

Oct 23

FFC: Deep Discount Appears

Oct 17

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Incorporated goes ex dividend tomorrow

Aug 22

FFC And FLC: Preferred Funds That Hit The Spot

Jul 29

HPI Vs. FFC: Similar Results Despite The Differences

Apr 06

FFC: Reliable Preferred Stock CEF With A Normalizing Premium

Feb 08

FFC: Preferred Share Fund Gets Cheaper After Distribution Cut

Dec 18

Time To Swap Finally To Flaherty Preferreds And Capture Relative Value?

Sep 10

FFC: Preferred Fund Offered From The Preferrable Fund Sponsor

Jul 28

FFC: Still Priced For Significant Underperformance

Jun 01

FFC: Solid Yield, But Too Expensive

Dec 20

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred And Income Securities Fund: Money In The Bank

Dec 18

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Incorporated declares $0.129 dividend

Dec 10

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
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How Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:FFC Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Nov 2386770
31 Aug 2385-4070
31 May 2385-8770
28 Feb 2384-12170
30 Nov 2283-15580
31 Aug 2282-12380
31 May 2281-9180
28 Feb 2280-980
30 Nov 21797380
31 Aug 217912980
31 May 217818480
28 Feb 217912880
30 Nov 20797170
31 Aug 20794770
31 May 20802280
29 Feb 20809480
30 Nov 198016570
31 Aug 198011270
31 May 19805870
28 Feb 1979870
30 Nov 1878-4270
31 Aug 1877-870
31 May 18772580
28 Feb 18788680
30 Nov 177814680
31 Aug 1757140130
31 May 178112170
28 Feb 17828570
30 Nov 16834970
31 Aug 161053920
31 May 16834470
29 Feb 16824070
30 Nov 15823670
31 Aug 15825470
31 May 15837370
28 Feb 158310670
30 Nov 148313970
31 Aug 148310770
31 May 14837670
28 Feb 14846270
30 Nov 13854870
31 Aug 138611080
31 May 138617280

Quality Earnings: FFC has a large one-off loss of $42.3M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th November, 2023.

Growing Profit Margin: FFC became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: FFC has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -39.2% per year.

Accelerating Growth: FFC has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: FFC has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (3.3%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: FFC's Return on Equity (0.9%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed

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