Special Opportunities Fund Inc Common Stock (SPE)

FairStock Score: 59/100 — STEADY

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AI Analysis

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

At the close on 2026-10-13, Special Opportunities Fund trades at $12.56, a market cap of $151.7 million. It is a closed-end balanced fund of funds managed by Bulldog Investors, investing in other closed-end funds across public equity and fixed income with value, opportunistic, and special-situation strategies. That is not a business with a wide moat; its returns depend on manager skill and discount capture. The numbers are mixed. Price is 0.79 times book, and FairStock's Graham Number is $21.13, implying a 40.56% margin of safety. The dividend yield is 10.39%, and beta is 0.79. But P/E is 13.65, ROE is only 4.73%, and ROCE is 1.39%, so this is not a high-return enterprise. The Piotroski F-Score is 1/9, a weak signal, while Altman Z-Score of 11.75 suggests low bankruptcy risk. No revenue growth, profit growth, or debt-to-equity data is available, and the Lynch category is none because there are only 0 years of filed results and three are needed. That lack of history limits conviction. Graham would ask whether the discount is real and durable. Buffett would ask whether the manager can compound capital. At $12.56, near the low end of the 52-week range of $12.42-$15.59, the price already reflects some pessimism. But low returns on capital and weak Piotroski mean I would need more evidence before calling this a high-quality bargain. FairStock Score 59/100 fits: not a fraud, not a fortress, and not obviously a masterpiece.

In plain English: Special Opportunities Fund is a closed-end fund that invests in other funds, using value and special-situation strategies. It looks mixed: it sells below its accounting value and pays a high dividend, but its profit measures are low and one quality check is very weak. At $12.56, the price looks cheap against some conservative value measures, though the business itself has not shown strong fundamentals in the data provided.

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

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