Offers preferred trust securities to investors. Operates as a regional bank. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
No real growth (3% a year). Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
The market pays 86.7× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
angles, checked one by one.
The 2 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Revenue Growth: Sales are growing slowly.
The stock trades 16% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
It pays out $0.51 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew only 3% a year on average. At this size, speeding back up is not easy.
The company’s market value is 87 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
We grade companies — revenue, margins, balance sheets. This is a fund, so there is no report card to give. That is not a low grade; it is a different kind of thing.
One-line summary: a basket, not a business. Judge it by what it holds.