Cohen & Steers Select Preferred and Income Fund Inc. Common Stock (PSF)

FairStock Score: 42/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

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

I look at PSF not as a typical operating company but as a closed-end fund managed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, investing globally in preferred and debt securities. That structure can provide income, but it does not give the kind of durable competitive moat I find in a wonderful business. The data are thin: ROE, ROCE, debt-to-equity and growth are not available, and FairStock assigns no Peter Lynch category because there are only zero years of filed results. So I cannot judge the growth trajectory. On price, the close on 2026-10-13 was $18.18. FairStock calculates a P/E of 9.88 and its Graham Number at $30.25, implying a 39.90% margin of safety. The dividend yield is 8.32%, and the 52-week range of $17.80-$21.06 puts the price near the low. Those numbers look superficially attractive for an income vehicle. But financial health gives me pause: FairStock's Piotroski F-Score is 2/9, and its Altman Z-Score is 1.03, both warning signs. The FairStock Score is only 42/100. A high yield can be compensation for credit and interest-rate risk rather than a free lunch. Without multi-year filings, I cannot tell whether distributions are covered or whether earnings are stable. I would want stronger balance-sheet scores and more filed history before treating the discount as a true margin of safety. The price may be cheap against the Graham Number, but the quality evidence is too weak to be confident.

In plain English: This is a closed-end fund that invests in preferred and debt securities around the world. Based on the numbers provided, the fund looks weak on financial-health measures, but the stock price looks cheap compared with one value estimate and it pays a high income yield. There is not enough filed history to judge its growth.

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

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