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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
$8.08
-1.3%
$7.92
$7.02
$8.91
$111.09M1.154,086 shs13,053 shs
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
$3.08
-0.6%
$3.12
$2.91
$3.31
$100.41M0.28101,273 shs84,641 shs
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
$8.23
-1.0%
$8.25
$6.90
$8.48
$107.65M0.8131,352 shs34,295 shs
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
$7.97
-0.1%
$7.78
$7.12
$8.57
$103.53M0.7815,576 shs24,850 shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
-0.06%+1.49%+6.71%+1.05%+818,499,900.00%
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
+0.49%-0.16%+0.65%0.00%-4.02%
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
-0.95%-0.72%+3.49%+0.97%+9.06%
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
-0.75%-0.25%+5.07%+0.80%-3.51%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
$6.93M16.04N/AN/AN/A
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
$3M34.51N/AN/A$8.79 per share0.91

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
N/AN/A0.00N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
N/AN/A0.00N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
N/AN/A0.00N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
-$27.40MN/A0.00N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
$0.526.44%-26.88%N/A1 Years
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
$0.247.79%+4.28%N/AN/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
$0.506.08%-9.87%N/A1 Years
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
$0.506.27%-3.79%N/A1 Years

Latest MGF, SWZ, PFO, and ECF Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/22/2024
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
monthly$0.04837.2%7/24/20247/24/20247/31/2024
4/19/2024
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
monthly$0.04837.2%6/21/20246/21/20246/28/2024
4/18/2024
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
Monthly$0.04837.22%6/21/20246/21/20246/28/2024
5/16/2024
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
Quarterly$0.136.42%6/13/20246/13/20246/21/2024
5/1/2024
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
monthly$0.01967.7%5/14/20245/15/20245/31/2024
5/22/2024
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
$0.04836.91%5/22/20245/23/20245/31/2024
4/1/2024
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
monthly$0.027.7%4/16/20244/17/20244/30/2024
3/1/2024
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
monthly$0.02018%3/12/20243/13/20243/28/2024
3/8/2024
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
Quarterly$0.12906.43%3/18/20243/19/20243/28/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Ownership

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. stock logo
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
N/A13.75 million13.68 millionN/A
MFS Government Markets Income Trust stock logo
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
N/A32.60 million32.60 millionNot Optionable
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. stock logo
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund
N/A13.08 millionN/ANot Optionable
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. stock logo
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
N/A12.99 million12.99 millionNot Optionable

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Company Descriptions

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund logo

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund

NYSE:ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. The fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets. The fund primarily invests in convertible securities. It invests in stocks of companies across market capitalizations. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Bank of America Merrill Lynch All U.S. Convertibles Index, Barclays Balanced U.S. Convertibles Index, and S&P 500 Index. It was formerly known as Ellsworth Fund Ltd. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. was formed on June 27, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.
MFS Government Markets Income Trust logo

MFS Government Markets Income Trust

NYSE:MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of United States. It primarily invests in investment grade debt instruments. The fund also invests in mortgage backed, U.S. government agencies, international sovereigns, U.S. treasuries, cash and other net assets, emerging markets debt, high grade corporates, and residential mortgage backed securities. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index. MFS Government Markets Income Trust was formed in May 28, 1987 and is domiciled in the United States.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund logo

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund

NYSE:PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It invests in stocks of companies operating in the financial services sector. The fund primarily invests in preferred securities. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against S&P 500 Index and Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. was formed on December 10, 1991 and is domiciled in the United States.
The Swiss Helvetia Fund logo

The Swiss Helvetia Fund

NYSE:SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. The fund invests in public equity markets of Switzerland. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach, focusing on factors such as capital appreciation, income, economic and industry trends, quality of management, financial condition, business plan, industry and sector market position, dividend payout ratio, and corporate governance to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 Index and MSCI EAFE Index. It was previously known as The Helvetia Fund, Inc. The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. was formed in October 24, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.