profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund
$15.64+0.45% today
-10.9% in 1 year
1-year low $15.371-year high $18.02
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $10.13 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$35.9 million in 2022 to $17.0 million in 2025, with $16.2 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund handed back 100% of the cash it generated last year.
$12M
Free cash flow 2025$12M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$12M
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund vs. similar companies
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund | 10.1× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -36 | 3 | 36 | 17 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -37 | 2 | 35 | 16 | |
| -3.52 | 0.19 | 3.31 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 102.4% | 71.8% | 97.2% | 94.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 299 | 290 | 314 | 317 |
| Cash | – | – | – | – |
| Total debt | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 |
| Total liabilities | 119 | 119 | 120 | 119 |
| 180 | 171 | 194 | 198 | |
| 10 | 11 | 10 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -20.4% | 1.2% | 17.8% | 8.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |
| Dividends paid | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 10.1×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 9.6×
- 13.2×
- –
- 7.6%
- 9.9%
- 7.2%
Profitability
- 89.6%
- 106.0%
- 94.9%
- 82.5%
- -2,852.5%
- 1.9%
- 8.3%
- 5.1%
- 7.1%
- –
Growth
- +140.9%
- –
- +4.5%
- −4.3%
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 6.8×
- 0.60
- 37.3%
- 3.6×
- –
- –
- 0.07
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 28%of 863
Top 2%of 860
Top 40%of 920
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2025 | 1.37 | – | – |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 0.17 | – | – |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 1.54 | – | – |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 1.77 | – | – |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 0.50 | – | – |
| May 31, 2023 | -0.40 | – | – |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -1.07 | – | – |
| May 31, 2022 | -2.45 | – | – |
7.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$72a year at today's yield, before tax
−4.3%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.63 in 2015 → $1.19 in 2025
How safe it looks
76.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 100.0%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
Not enough data
Questions about Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund
Is Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund AI analysis
What does Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund do?
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It is in Asset Management.
Does Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.2% a year, about 77% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $12.4 million in dividends.
Is Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund stock halal?
No. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 73% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 10.9% over the past twelve months, to $15.64. It traded between $15.37 and $18.02 and is 13.2% below its high.
Who are Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.