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First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor (First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 3.84 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 3.84.


The historical rank and industry rank for First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

FGB' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.29   Med: 4.59   Max: 16.53
Current: 3.84


During the past 7 years, First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor's highest Yield on Cost was 16.53. The lowest was 3.29. And the median was 4.59.


FGB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
66.42% of 1215 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.92 vs FGB: 3.84

Competitive Comparison of First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Asset Management subindustry, First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor  (NYSE:FGB) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor (First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, USA, 60187
First Trust Specialty Fnc & Fncl Oppor is a United States-based closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. It seeks a positive total return as a secondary objective. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing at least 80% of its Managed Assets in a portfolio of securities of specialty finance and other financial companies.
Executives
Bronwyn Wright director FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Thomas R Kadlec director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
M Keefe Denise director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Kelly Catherine Dehler other: Officer - Investment Advisor C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Scott Michael Friske other: Officer - Investment Advisor FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Steven Patrick Farmer other: Officer-Invest. Sub-Advisor 50 S. LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO IL 60603
Anne Kochevar other: Officer - Invest. Sub-Advisor
Shane Shannon officer: Assistant Secretary FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Donald Swade officer: Assistant Treasurer C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Katherine L Urevig officer: Assistant Treasurer C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Rosanne Gatta officer: Assistant Secretary FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY STREET, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Erin E Klassman officer: Assistant Secretary FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, WHEATON IL 60187
Joseph J Hanzlik other: Officer-Investment Sub-Adviser CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 349 MARSHALL AVENUE, SUITE 302, ST. LOUIS MO 63119
Patricia A Dahl other: Officer-Investment Sub-Adviser CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 349 MARSHALL AVENUE, SUITE 302, ST. LOUIS MO 63119
Confluence Investment Management Llc other: Investment Sub-Adviser 20 ALLEN AVENUE, SUITE 300, ST. LOUIS MO 63119

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