Sprott Focus Trust Stock (NASDAQ:FUND), Trade Ideas

Sprott Focus Trust

Sprott Focus Trust Inc is a diversified closed-end investment company. Its primary investment objective is long-term capital growth. To achieve its objective, The Fund may invest its assets in equity securities and in direct obligations of the U.S. Government or its agencies and in the non-convertible preferred stocks & debt securities of domestic and foreign companies. It invests in various sectors, of which Materials, Financials, Energy, Information technology sector account for the majority weightage.

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Tuesday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FUND#NASDAQ">FUND</a>). 
<h3>What's Happening</h3>
The company announced on Monday that it would pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of 12.86 cents per share. On Wednesday, Sprott Focus Trust will go ex-dividend, meaning the stock will trade lower to reflect that payout. In other words, the stock will likely open 12.86 cents lower than it would have opened on any other day.
In order to be eligible to receive a company's dividend, shareholders must own the stock prior to the ex-dividend date—in this case, Wednesday. Shareholders who own FUND as of the end of Tuesday's session are eligible to receive the 12.86 cents dividend payout for every share that they own. 
According to the company, this dividend will be paid out to shareholders on March 28, 2024. Investors will then be able to either reinvest those dividends back into the stock or use the payment in some other way. 
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Tuesday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FUND#NASDAQ">FUND</a>). 
<h3>What's Happening</h3>
The company announced on Monday that it would pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of 12.7 cents per share. On Wednesday, Sprott Focus Trust will go ex-dividend, meaning the stock will trade lower to reflect that payout. In other words, the stock will likely open 12.7 cents lower than it would have opened on any other day.
In order to be eligible to receive a company's dividend, shareholders must own the stock prior to the ex-dividend date—in this case, Wednesday. Shareholders who own FUND as of the end of Tuesday's session are eligible to receive the 12.7 cents dividend payout for every share that they own. 
According to the company, this dividend will be paid out to shareholders on December 28, 2023. Investors will then be able to either reinvest those dividends back into the stock or use the payment in some other way. 
To read more news on Sprott Focus Trust <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock//">click here</a>
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Tuesday Is Your Last Chance To Buy Sprott Focus Trust Before The Dividend Payout

<h3>What Defines a Value Stock?</h3>
A value stock is traditionally defined in terms of how investors in the marketplace are valuing that company's future growth prospects. Low P/E multiples are good base indicators that the company is undervalued and can most likely be labelled as a value stock. 
<h2>Benzinga Insights has compiled a list of value stocks in the financial services sector that may be worth watching:</h2>
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<li>Heritage Insurance Hldgs (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HRTG#NYSE">HRTG</a>) - P/E: 7.82</li>
<li>Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FUND#NASDAQ">FUND</a>) - P/E: 6.82</li>
<li>Great Elm Capital (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GECC#NASDAQ">GECC</a>) - P/E: 5.88</li>
<li>Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SBSI#NASDAQ">SBSI</a>) - P/E: 9.05</li>
<li>First Busey (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BUSE#NASDAQ">BUSE</a>) - P/E: 9.02</li>
</ol>
This quarter, Heritage Insurance Hldgs experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $0.32 in Q2 and is now $-0.28. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 5.84%, which has increased by 1.43% from last quarter's yield of 4.41%.
Most recently, Sprott Focus Trust reported earnings per share at $0.03, whereas in Q1 earnings per share sat at $0.26. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 6.09%, which has decreased by 0.39% from 6.48% last quarter. 
Most recently, Great Elm Capital reported earnings per share at $0.4, whereas in Q2 earnings per share sat at $0.44. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 15.77%, which has decreased by 0.96% from last quarter's yield of 16.73%.
Southside Bancshares saw a decrease in earnings per share from 0.81 in Q2 to $0.6 now. First Busey has reported Q3 earnings per share at $0.55, which has increased by 5.77% compared to Q2, which was 0.52. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 4.95%, which has increased by 0.3% from 4.65% last quarter. 
These 5 value stocks were selected by Benzinga Insights based on quantified analysis. While this methodical judgment process is not meant to make final decisions, our technology can give investors additional perception into the sector.

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Wednesday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FUND#NASDAQ">FUND</a>). 
<h3>What's Happening</h3>
The company announced on Tuesday that it would pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of 12.38 cents per share. On Thursday, Sprott Focus Trust will go ex-dividend, meaning the stock will trade lower to reflect that payout. In other words, the stock will likely open 12.38 cents lower than it would have opened on any other day.
In order to be eligible to receive a company's dividend, shareholders must own the stock prior to the ex-dividend date—in this case, Thursday. Shareholders who own FUND as of the end of Wednesday's session are eligible to receive the 12.38 cents dividend payout for every share that they own. 
According to the company, this dividend will be paid out to shareholders on September 29, 2023. Investors will then be able to either reinvest those dividends back into the stock or use the payment in some other way. 
<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/FUND">Track real-time stock fluctuations for Sprott Focus Trust on Benzinga.</a>

Thursday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FUND#NASDAQ">FUND</a>). 
<h3>What's Happening</h3>
The company announced on Friday that it would pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of 12.17 cents per share. On Friday, Sprott Focus Trust will go ex-dividend, meaning the stock will trade lower to reflect that payout. In other words, the stock will likely open 12.17 cents lower than it would have opened on any other day.
In order to be eligible to receive a company's dividend, shareholders must own the stock prior to the ex-dividend date—in this case, Friday. Shareholders who own FUND as of the end of Thursday's session are eligible to receive the 12.17 cents dividend payout for every share that they own. 
According to the company, this dividend will be paid out to shareholders on June 27, 2023. Investors will then be able to either reinvest those dividends back into the stock or use the payment in some other way. 
To read more news on Sprott Focus Trust <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock//">click here</a>
<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/calendars/dividends">Click here</a> to visit our Dividends Calendar.

Thursday Is Your Last Chance To Buy Sprott Focus Trust Before The Dividend Payout

Thursday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FUND#NASDAQ">FUND</a>). 
<h3>What's Happening</h3>
The company announced on Thursday that it would pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of 12.54 cents per share. On Friday, Sprott Focus Trust will go ex-dividend, meaning the stock will trade lower to reflect that payout. In other words, the stock will likely open 12.54 cents lower than it would have opened on any other day.
In order to be eligible to receive a company's dividend, shareholders must own the stock prior to the ex-dividend date—in this case, Friday. Shareholders who own FUND as of the end of Thursday's session are eligible to receive the 12.54 cents dividend payout for every share that they own. 
According to the company, this dividend will be paid out to shareholders on March 24, 2023. Investors will then be able to either reinvest those dividends back into the stock or use the payment in some other way. 
To stay up-to-date with the companies that are announcing their dividends, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/calendars/dividends">click here</a> to visit our Dividends Calendar.

Thursday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from Sprott Focus Trust (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FUND#NASDAQ">FUND</a>). 
<h3>What's Happening</h3>
The company announced on Wednesday that it would pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of $0.1359 per share. On Friday, Sprott Focus Trust will go ex-dividend, meaning the stock will trade lower to reflect that payout. In other words, the stock will likely open $0.1359 lower than it would have opened on any other day.
In order to be eligible to receive a company's dividend, shareholders must own the stock prior to the ex-dividend date—in this case, Friday. Shareholders who own FUND as of the end of Thursday's session are eligible to receive the $0.1359 dividend payout for every share that they own. 
According to the company, this dividend will be paid out to shareholders on March 25, 2022. Investors will then be able to either reinvest those dividends back into the stock or use the payment in some other way. 
To stay up-to-date with the companies that are announcing their dividends, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/calendars/dividends">click here</a> to visit our Dividends Calendar.