First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 2/6
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 10.03%. Next payment date is on 30th May, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 22nd May, 2025.
Key information
10.0%
Dividend yield
n/a
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | n/a |
| Future Dividend Yield | n/a |
| Dividend Growth | n/a |
| Next dividend pay date | 30 May 25 |
| Ex dividend date | 22 May 25 |
| Dividend per share | n/a |
| Payout ratio | n/a |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
FGB: Potential Acquisition Taking An Extended Amount Of Time
Aug 09FGB: Remains A Pass For Serious BDC Investors
Jul 28FGB: Basket Of BDCs At A Discount
Jul 16FGB: Back In Deep Discount Territory
Feb 21FGB: Attractive Discount And Distribution Coverage Jumps
Oct 31FGB: Discount And Decline Make This An Interesting Play
Jul 21FGB: Higher Interest Rates Make This Fund Hold Up Better
Apr 30FGB: Discount Indicates A Good Buying Opportunity
Dec 27FGB: Discounted BDC Exposure With An 8.33% Distribution Yield
Sep 22Stability and Growth of Payments
Fetching dividends data
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if FGB's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if FGB's dividend payments have been increasing.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (FGB) | 10.0% |
| Market Bottom 25% (US) | 1.6% |
| Market Top 25% (US) | 4.8% |
| Industry Average (Capital Markets) | 2.1% |
| Analyst forecast (FGB) (up to 3 years) | n/a |
Notable Dividend: FGB's dividend (10.03%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.57%).
High Dividend: FGB's dividend (10.03%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.79%)
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate FGB's payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as FGB has not reported any payouts.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2025/05/22 01:26 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/05/22 00:00 |
| Earnings | N/A |
| Annual Earnings | N/A |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.