# Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest (GOF) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $9.19, market value $2.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 8.4×** (5-yr avg 20.3×, 3-yr avg 6.5×). Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest trades at 8.4× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 20.3×: cheap by its own standards. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 9.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 9.3×.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -21.2%** (5-yr avg -6.8%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 11.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 11.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.1%**. 99.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 9.1%**. 9.1% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 5.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 5.9% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 43.5%**. Revenue grew 43.5% over the last year.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 2/9**. 2 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $14 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 23.78%** ($2.19 per share, trailing). Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest yields 23.78%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 173%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (173% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 14**. 14 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.0%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: -3.7%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return -3.7% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -23.9%** (YTD -22.2%, 3-mo -14.5%). The shares are down 23.9% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -31.2%** (9.4% above the low). Trading 31% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 58**. An RSI of 58 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.55** (volatility 18%). Beta of 0.55 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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