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Sprott Focus Trust Inc is an asset management business based in the US. Sprott Focus Trust shares (FUND) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.
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| Latest market close | $8.16 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $6.64 - $9.07 |
| 50-day moving average | $8.73 |
| 200-day moving average | $8.47 |
| Wall St. target price | N/A |
| PE ratio | 2.8983 |
| Dividend yield | $0.545 (8.64%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.02 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $8.16 from 2022-01-21
| 1 week (2022-01-14) | -6.74% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-12-23) | -4.67% |
| 3 months (2021-10-22) | -6.21% |
| 6 months (2021-07-23) | 0.49% |
| 1 year (2021-01-22) | 8.80% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-01-23) | 9.68% |
| 3 years (2019-01-23) | 29.11% |
| 5 years (2017-01-23) | 14.77% |
Valuing Sprott Focus Trust stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Sprott Focus Trust's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Sprott Focus Trust's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 3x. In other words, Sprott Focus Trust shares trade at around 3x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
| Revenue TTM | $6.3 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 56.08% |
| Gross profit TTM | $6.8 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.91% |
| Return on equity TTM | 37.13% |
| Profit margin | 1398.33% |
| Book value | $9.38 |
| Market capitalisation | $256.6 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Sprott Focus Trust.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 33.66
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Sprott Focus Trust's overall score of 33.66 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Sprott Focus Trust is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 9.8/100
Sprott Focus Trust's environmental score of 9.8 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Sprott Focus Trust is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 9.97/100
Sprott Focus Trust's social score of 9.97 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Sprott Focus Trust is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 7.19/100
Sprott Focus Trust's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Sprott Focus Trust is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Sprott Focus Trust Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 33.66 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 6 |
| Environmental score | 9.8 |
| Environmental score percentile | 6 |
| Social score | 9.97 |
| Social score percentile | 6 |
| Governance score | 7.19 |
| Governance score percentile | 6 |
Dividend payout ratio: 49.94% of net profits
Recently Sprott Focus Trust has paid out, on average, around 49.94% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 8.64% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Sprott Focus Trust shareholders could enjoy a 8.64% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Sprott Focus Trust's case, that would currently equate to about $0.545 per share.
While Sprott Focus Trust's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Sprott Focus Trust may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Sprott Focus Trust's most recent dividend payout was on 27 December 2018. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 December 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Sprott Focus Trust's shares have ranged in value from as little as $6.6437 up to $9.0669. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Sprott Focus Trust's is 1.1698. This would suggest that Sprott Focus Trust's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Sprott Asset Management, LP. The fund is co-managed by Sprott Asset Management USA Inc. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 3000 Index.
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