# SRH Total Return Fund Inc. (STEW) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $18.45, market value $1.8 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 12.1×** (5-yr avg 9.6×, 3-yr avg 7.0×). SRH Total Return Fund Inc. trades at 12.1× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 9.6×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 10.0×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 10.0×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 3.6%** (5-yr avg 4.3%). Free cash flow equals 3.6% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 4.3%.
- **Earnings yield: 8.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 8.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.2%**. 98.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 7.8%**. 7.8% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 7.1%**. Each dollar of assets produces 7.1% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -67.8%** (3-yr 38.7%/yr). Revenue fell 67.8% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -68.2%** (3-yr 39.7%/yr). Earnings per share fell 68.2%, roughly in step with revenue.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 6.5%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 6.5% a year over three years, lagging earnings: check whether profits are turning into cash.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 4.32%** ($0.73 per share, trailing). SRH Total Return Fund Inc. yields 4.32%, an income-level yield.
- **Payout ratio: 37%** (100% of free cash flow). 37% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 7**. 7 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 10.1%/yr** (1-yr 19.6%). The dividend has compounded at 10.1% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 7 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 3.7%** (YTD 2.9%, 3-mo 6.8%). The shares are up 3.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -3.1%** (11.5% 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): 50**. An RSI of 50 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.47** (volatility 11%). Beta of 0.47 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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