NYSE:SPESpecial Opportunities Fund Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $10.56 0.00 (0.00 %) (As of 05/29/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$10.54Now: $10.56▼$10.6550-Day Range$9.71MA: $10.12▼$10.5652-Week Range$7.50Now: $10.56▼$15.00Volume14,170 shsAverage Volume32,930 shsMarket Capitalization$89.73 millionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield9.49%Beta1.01 ProfileAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsSocial Media Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. is a close-ended balanced fund of funds launched and managed by Bulldog Investors, LLC. It invests in close-ended funds investing in public equity and fixed income markets. The fund employs a combination of value, opportunistic and special situations strategies to make its investments. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 Index. The fund was previously known as Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. was formed on February 18, 1993 and is domiciled in the United States.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 0.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingThere is not enough analysis data for Special Opportunities Fund. Previous Next 2.5 Community Rank Outperform VotesSpecial Opportunities Fund has received 150 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesSpecial Opportunities Fund has received 151 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentSpecial Opportunities Fund has received 50.17% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Special Opportunities Fund and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe SPE will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe SPE will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipSpecial Opportunities Fund is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 9.49%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthSpecial Opportunities Fund does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 4.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Special Opportunities Fund insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $22,030.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 22.38% of the stock of Special Opportunities Fund is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions51.33% of the stock of Special Opportunities Fund is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 0.0Community Rank: 2.5Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 4.0Valuation: 0.0 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.63 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Investment offices, not elsewhere classified Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:SPE Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK897802 WebN/A PhoneN/ADebt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current RatioN/A Quick RatioN/APrice-To-Earnings Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual SalesN/A Price / SalesN/A Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book ValueN/A Price / BookN/AProfitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous EmployeesN/A Outstanding Shares8,500,000Market Cap$89.73 million Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable SPE Rates by TradingView Receive SPE News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for SPE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Special Opportunities Fund (NYSE:SPE) Frequently Asked Questions How has Special Opportunities Fund's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Special Opportunities Fund's stock was trading at $12.06 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SPE stock has decreased by 12.5% and is now trading at $10.5568. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. How often does Special Opportunities Fund pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Special Opportunities Fund? Special Opportunities Fund announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, April 7th. Investors of record on Friday, June 19th will be given a dividend of $0.094 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $1.13 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 18th. View Special Opportunities Fund's dividend history. Has Special Opportunities Fund been receiving favorable news coverage? News headlines about SPE stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Special Opportunities Fund earned a coverage optimism score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the closed-end fund a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutSpecial Opportunities Fund. Who are some of Special Opportunities Fund's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Special Opportunities Fund include Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), Cohen & Steers Total Return Real. Fd (RFI), Strategic Global Government Fund Inc. Closed-End Fund (RCS), Royce Micro Capital Trust (RMT), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Blackrock Munivest Fund II (MVT), Blackrock Muniyield Quality Fund II (MQT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Mncpl Incm Tr (VPV), Source Capital (SOR), Nuveen Ohio Quality Income Muncpl Fund (NUO), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), BlackRock Inv. Quality Munic. Trust (BKN) and Duff & Phelps Utility & Corp Bond Trust (DUC). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Special Opportunities Fund own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Special Opportunities Fund investors own include Hercules Capital (HTGC), Vermilion Energy (VET), Enbridge (ENB), AGNC Investment (AGNC), TCG BDC (CGBD), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Finjan (FNJN), Golar LNG Partners (GMLP), Global Net Lease (GNL) and Macerich (MAC). Who are Special Opportunities Fund's key executives? Special Opportunities Fund's management team includes the following people: Mr. Phillip Franklin Goldstein, Chairman and Sec. (Age 74)Mr. Andrew Dakos, Pres and Interested Director (Age 53)Mr. Gerald Hellerman, Chief Compliance Officer and Interested Director (Age 82)Mr. Thomas Antonucci, Chief Financial Officer (Age 50)Mr. Rajeev Probir Das CFA, Treasurer and VP (Age 50) What is Special Opportunities Fund's stock symbol? Special Opportunities Fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SPE." Who are Special Opportunities Fund's major shareholders? Special Opportunities Fund's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Advisor Group Holdings Inc. (1.73%), Private Advisor Group LLC (0.64%), Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC (0.34%), Mid Atlantic Financial Management Inc. ADV (0.15%) and Lindbrook Capital LLC (0.10%). Company insiders that own Special Opportunities Fund stock include Gerald Hellerman and Phillip Goldstein. View institutional ownership trends for Special Opportunities Fund. Which major investors are buying Special Opportunities Fund stock? SPE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Mid Atlantic Financial Management Inc. ADV, Private Advisor Group LLC, Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC, and Lindbrook Capital LLC. Company insiders that have bought Special Opportunities Fund stock in the last two years include Gerald Hellerman, and Phillip Goldstein. View insider buying and selling activity for Special Opportunities Fund. How do I buy shares of Special Opportunities Fund? Shares of SPE 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Special Opportunities Fund's stock price today? One share of SPE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.56. How big of a company is Special Opportunities Fund? Special Opportunities Fund has a market capitalization of $89.73 million. This page was last updated on 5/31/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
