# Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund Inc. (CLM) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. AMEX, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Asset Management. Price $6.73, market value $2.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 5.9×** (5-yr avg 4.5×, 3-yr avg 4.5×). Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund Inc. trades at 5.9× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 4.5×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 6.7×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 6.7×.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade at 1.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Earnings yield: 16.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 16.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.4%**. 99.4% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 15.7%**. 15.7% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 15.7%**. Each dollar of assets produces 15.7% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -16.3%**. Revenue fell 16.3% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -29.0%**. Earnings per share fell 29.0%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 21.66%** ($1.46 per share, trailing). Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund Inc. yields 21.66%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 1**. 1 straight year of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -7.8%/yr** (1-yr 13.1%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -2.7%** (YTD -10.1%, 3-mo -7.8%). The shares are down 2.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -21.1%** (2.6% above the low). Trading 21% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 38**. An RSI of 38 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.84** (volatility 18%). Beta of 0.84 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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