Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (AIO)

FairStock Score: 45/100 — MIXED

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

As a value investor, I first ask what I own. This is not an operating business but a closed-end multi-asset fund that invests at least 80% of assets in AI and technology-driven securities. Its market cap is $844.8 million. The fund itself has no traditional competitive moat; results depend on manager skill, sector exposure, and the discount or premium to net asset value, which we are not given. At the 2026-10-13 close of $24.62, FairStock's P/E is 3.54 and its Graham Number is $62.35, implying a 60.51% margin of safety. That looks cheap on paper, but for a fund, P/E and Graham Number can mislead without NAV and distribution coverage. The 10.24% dividend yield is attractive for income, yet I cannot verify whether it is covered. Financial health is incomplete: P/B, ROE, ROCE, debt-to-equity, beta, revenue growth, and profit growth are all unavailable. The Piotroski F-Score is weak at 1/9, while Altman Z-Score is 3.60. FairStock score is 45/100. The Lynch category is none because only 0 years of filed annual results exist, far short of the needed three. The 52-week range is $20.91 to $28.60. Growth trajectory cannot be judged from the data. I would want several years of filings, NAV, and distribution coverage before trusting the high yield or the apparent discount to Graham value.

In plain English: This fund owns a mix of stocks and bonds tied to artificial intelligence and technology. Its business looks mixed: the price is below some value measures and it pays a large income, but there are very few years of financial history and some health signals are weak. Based on the numbers given, the price looks potentially cheap, but with high uncertainty.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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