# Virtus Dividend Interest & Premium Strategy Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (NFJ) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $15.68, market value $1.5 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 9.9×** (5-yr avg 9.5×, 3-yr avg 9.5×). Virtus Dividend Interest & Premium Strategy Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 9.9× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 9.5×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 9.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 9.9×.
- **Price / book: 1.1×**. The shares trade at 1.1× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Earnings yield: 10.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 10.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.5%**. 99.5% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 10.8%**. 10.8% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 10.7%**. Each dollar of assets produces 10.7% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 14.0%**. Revenue grew 14.0% over the last year.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 7.78%** ($1.22 per share, trailing). Virtus Dividend Interest & Premium Strategy Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 7.78%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 6.3%/yr** (1-yr 4.3%). The dividend has grown 6.3% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 31.5%** (YTD 27.2%, 3-mo 8.0%). The shares are up 31.5% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -0.4%** (28.0% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 59**. An RSI of 59 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.76** (volatility 13%). Beta of 0.76 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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