Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred and Income Fund Inc. Common Shares (RNP)

FairStock Score: 54/100 — MIXED

Key Financials

Current Price$18.44
Market Cap$992M
P/E Ratio7.75
ROE11.04%
Dividend Yield8.46%
SectorFinancial Services

AI Analysis

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

As a value investor, I see RNP not as an operating company but as a closed-end fund holding REITs and preferred or debt securities. The fund has no classic wide moat; its edge depends on manager skill, which the available figures do not prove. At the close on 2026-10-13, the price was $18.38, near the low end of its 52-week range of $18.01 to $21.88, with a market cap of $992.2M. The valuation looks interesting: FairStock calculations show a P/E of 7.72, P/B of 0.89, EPS of $2.38, and a dividend yield of 8.46%. The Graham Number is $33.24, implying a 44.71% margin of safety. That is the kind of discount Graham would notice. But financial health is not clean: ROE is 11.04%, yet ROCE is only 2.45%, D/E is 0.43, Altman Z-Score is 1.50, and Piotroski F-Score is 0/9. Growth is a blank: revenue growth and profit growth are N/A, and the Lynch category is none because only 0 years of filed results are available. FairStock Score sits at 54/100. I like the yield and the discount to book and conservative value. I do not like the weak strength signals and missing track record. This is a situation where price may compensate for risk, but only if the income stream and net asset value hold up.

In plain English: This is a closed-end fund that owns U.S. real estate stocks and preferred and income securities. The numbers are mixed: it pays a very high income yield and trades below its accounting value and below a conservative valuation estimate, but its financial-strength marks are weak and there is little filed history. At $18.38, the price looks relatively cheap against the reported earnings and book value, though the risks are meaningful.

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

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