High Income Securities Fund Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 3/6
High Income Securities Fund is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 11.74%. Next payment date is on 30th May, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 20th May, 2025.
Key information
11.7%
Dividend yield
n/a
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | n/a |
| Future Dividend Yield | n/a |
| Dividend Growth | 9.1% |
| Next dividend pay date | 30 May 25 |
| Ex dividend date | 20 May 25 |
| Dividend per share | n/a |
| Payout ratio | 119% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
PCF: An Ineffective Fund Of Funds
Apr 22Notes On The PCF Annual Shareholder Report And Rights Offering
Nov 21Update On The Upcoming PCF Tender Offer
Oct 26PCF's Rights Offer, Tender Offer, Or Both? What's Going On Here?
Jul 28PCF: This Unique CEF Has Improved A Lot Over The Past 6 Months
May 06PCF: A High Income Securities Fund In Decline
Feb 19PCF: An Interesting Fund For Income Hunters, But Distribution Still Looks Strained
Dec 11PCF: A Good Diversifier For An Income Portfolio, But Distribution Appears Strained
Oct 04PCF: Lack Of Transparency A Big Negative
Jul 26High Income Securities Fund dividend declines by 17.3% to $0.0604
Jan 06High Income Securities Fund declares $0.073 dividend
Oct 11PCF: An Interesting Portfolio At A Fair Valuation
Aug 25PCF: Fund-Of-Funds CEF, Large 11.3% Dividend Yield
Aug 18High Income Securities Fund declares $0.073 dividend
Jul 07PCF: Discounted And A 10% Managed Distribution Plan
May 22PCF's Rights Offering: Quick Notes
Oct 21PCF: An Underfollowed 9.54% Yielder
Aug 26Upcoming Dividend Payment
Stability and Growth of Payments
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Stable Dividend: PCF's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: PCF's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| High Income Securities Fund Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (PCF) | 11.7% |
| Market Bottom 25% (US) | 1.5% |
| Market Top 25% (US) | 4.7% |
| Industry Average (Capital Markets) | 2.0% |
| Analyst forecast (PCF) (up to 3 years) | n/a |
Notable Dividend: PCF's dividend (11.74%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.59%).
High Dividend: PCF's dividend (11.74%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.8%)
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its high payout ratio (119.3%), PCF's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate PCF's cash payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by cash flows.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/05/12 09:08 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/05/12 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/02/28 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/08/31 |
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
High Income Securities 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.