NASDAQ:FUND - Sprott Focus Trust Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Sprott Focus Trust trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FUND."

Sprott Focus Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.129 per share on Friday, December 28th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.59%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 13th. View Sprott Focus Trust's Dividend History.

Headlines about FUND stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Sprott Focus Trust earned a news impact score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Sprott Focus Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include 1607 Capital Partners LLC (5.09%), City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd. (2.19%), Shaker Financial Services LLC (1.34%), First Allied Advisory Services Inc. (1.09%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.92%) and Stifel Financial Corp (0.79%). Company insiders that own Sprott Focus Trust stock include James R Jr Pierce, Thomas W Ulrich and W Whitney George. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Sprott Focus Trust.

FUND stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Shaker Financial Services LLC, Stifel Financial Corp, Doliver Capital Advisors LP and Shufro Rose & Co. LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sprott Focus Trust.

FUND stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Allied Advisory Services Inc., 1607 Capital Partners LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Sprott Focus Trust stock in the last two years include James R Jr Pierce, Thomas W Ulrich and W Whitney George. View Insider Buying and Selling for Sprott Focus Trust.

Shares of FUND can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FUND stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.80.

Sprott Focus Trust has a market capitalization of $176.94 million.