# Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (NIE) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $26.04, market value $722 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 6.3×** (5-yr avg 5.0×, 3-yr avg 5.0×). Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 6.3× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 5.0×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 6.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 6.3×.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 15.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 15.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.6%**. 99.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 14.7%**. 14.7% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 14.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 14.6% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -12.2%**. Revenue fell 12.2% over the last year.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 8.91%** ($2.32 per share, trailing). Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 8.91%, 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): 10.7%/yr** (1-yr 26.3%). The dividend has compounded at 10.7% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 7 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 15.7%** (YTD 9.1%, 3-mo 0.8%). The shares are up 15.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -4.4%** (14.3% 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): 47**. An RSI of 47 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.82** (volatility 13%). Beta of 0.82 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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