Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc.

NYSE:FLC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$154.1m

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -37.9%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 9.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 1.2% per year. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's return on equity is 1.2%, and it has net margins of 10.5%.

Key information

-37.9%

Earnings growth rate

-37.8%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth10.3%
Revenue growth rate1.2%
Return on equity1.2%
Net Margin10.5%
Last Earnings Update30 Nov 2023

Recent past performance updates

No updates

Recent updates

FLC: Deep Discount And Better Outlook Lead To Opportunity

Feb 23

FLC: This Fund May Not Be Able To Sustain Its Recent Gains (Rating Downgrade)

Jan 10

FLC: Higher Rates Continue To Pressure Preferreds But Discount Offers Potential

Oct 19

FLC: High-Risk, High-Reward Yield Play With This Preferred Stock CEF

Sep 27

PFD Vs. FLC: Outlook For Preferred CEFs

May 28

FLC: Valuation Looking Attractive

Feb 10

Flaherty&Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund decreases monthly dividend by -7.7% to $0.0955/share

Jan 20

Flaherty&Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund declares $0.1035 dividend

Dec 09

Flaherty&Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Oct 20

Flaherty&Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Sep 21

Flaherty&Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Aug 22

FLC: Looking Like A Solid Buy These Days

May 05

FLC - Preferred Securities Portfolio With A 7.14% Yield

Feb 01

FLC: Valuation Comes Back Down To A More Attractive Level

Jan 01

FLC: Distribution Secure For Another Quarter, A Relative Value

Aug 15

Flaherty&Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund declares $0.132 dividend

Dec 10

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
Beta

How Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:FLC Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Nov 2320220
31 Aug 2320-920
31 May 2320-2020
28 Feb 2320-2830
30 Nov 2220-3730
31 Aug 2220-2930
31 May 2219-2230
28 Feb 2219-230
30 Nov 21191730
31 Aug 21193130
31 May 21194530
28 Feb 21193130
30 Nov 20191730
31 Aug 20191230
31 May 2019630
29 Feb 20192330
30 Nov 19194030
31 Aug 19192730
31 May 19191330
28 Feb 1919130
30 Nov 1819-1130
31 Aug 1819-330
31 May 1819530
28 Feb 18192030
30 Nov 17193430
31 Aug 17193130
31 May 17192830
28 Feb 17201930
30 Nov 16201130
31 Aug 16201130
31 May 16201030
29 Feb 16201030
30 Nov 1520930
31 Aug 15201330
31 May 15201730
28 Feb 15202530
30 Nov 14203230
31 Aug 14202530
31 May 14201730
28 Feb 14201430
30 Nov 13201130
31 Aug 13202530
31 May 13204030

Quality Earnings: FLC has a large one-off loss of $8.7M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th November, 2023.

Growing Profit Margin: FLC became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: FLC has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -37.9% per year.

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

Earnings vs Industry: FLC 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: FLC's Return on Equity (1.2%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed

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