First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund

NYSE:FGB Stock Report

Market Cap: US$53.0m

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

There is insufficient data on First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund's performance over the last few years.

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EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth10.3%
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Recent past performance updates

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Recent updates

FGB: Remains A Pass For Serious BDC Investors

Jul 28

FGB: Basket Of BDCs At A Discount

Jul 16

FGB: Back In Deep Discount Territory

Feb 21

FGB: Attractive Discount And Distribution Coverage Jumps

Oct 31

FGB: Discount And Decline Make This An Interesting Play

Jul 21

FGB: Higher Interest Rates Make This Fund Hold Up Better

Apr 30

FGB: Discount Indicates A Good Buying Opportunity

Dec 27

FGB: Discounted BDC Exposure With An 8.33% Distribution Yield

Sep 22

Evaluating CEFs: FGB Is Not A Replacement For BIZD

Jun 19

In this section we usually display a company’s past earnings and revenues to help investors visualise the trend through time. We also gauge the company’s performance by benchmarking its returns and growth to its industry peers and the wider market. However, First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund has not provided sufficient past data to assess its track record.

This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by Simply Wall St do have historical data.

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
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How First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:FGB Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses

Quality Earnings: Insufficient data to determine if FGB has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: Insufficient data to determine if FGB's profit margins have improved over the past year.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: Unable to establish if FGB's year-on-year earnings growth rate was positive over the past 5 years as it has been trading publicly for less than 3 years.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare FGB's past year earnings growth to its 5-year average as it has been trading publicly for less than 3 years.

Earnings vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine if FGB's earnings growth over the past year exceeded the Capital Markets industry average.


Return on Equity

High ROE: FGB has a negative Return on Equity (0%), as it is currently unprofitable.


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Return on Capital Employed

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