profit from every $100 of sales.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund
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.
You pay $10.65 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
Money in, money out
What Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$28.2 million in 2022 to $13.2 million in 2025, with $12.5 million of profit last year.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund handed back 100% of the cash it generated last year.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund vs. similar companies
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income 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 Preferred Income Fund | 10.6× · Cheap | ||
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 36.9× · Expensive | ||
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 6.9× · Cheap | ||
Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund | 6.7× · Cheap | ||
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund | 8.6× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -28 | 3 | 29 | 13 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -29 | 2 | 28 | 12 | |
| -2.30 | 0.16 | 2.19 | 0.96 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 102.4% | 74.3% | 97.3% | 94.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 238 | 233 | 252 | 254 |
| Cash | – | – | – | – |
| Total debt | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 |
| Total liabilities | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 |
| 147 | 141 | 160 | 163 | |
| 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -19.7% | 1.4% | 17.6% | 7.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Dividends paid | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 10.6×
- 0.9×
- 0.07
- 0.9×
- 10.1×
- 13.3×
- –
- 7.5%
- 9.4%
- 6.9%
Profitability
- 90.1%
- 103.3%
- 94.8%
- 82.9%
- 6.8%
- 1.9%
- 7.8%
- 4.9%
- 6.8%
- –
Growth
- +125.5%
- +144.9%
- +4.7%
- −4.4%
- +3.7%
Financial health
- 6.4×
- 0.56
- 35.8%
- 3.6×
- 5.92
- 5.92
- 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.
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 | 0.89 | – | – |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 1.03 | – | – |
| May 31, 2024 | 1.16 | – | – |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 0.67 | – | – |
| May 31, 2023 | -0.52 | – | – |
| Nov 30, 2022 | -0.68 | – | – |
| May 31, 2022 | -1.61 | – | – |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 0.20 | – | – |
Paid per share, each year
$1.08 in 2015 → $0.77 in 2025
How safe it looks
79.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 100.0%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
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Questions about Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund
Is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income 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 Preferred Income Fund AI analysis
What does Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund do?
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It is in Asset Management - Income.
Does Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.9% a year, about 80% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $9.98 million in dividends.
Is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund stock halal?
No. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 11.8% over the past twelve months, to $10.35. It traded between $10.33 and $12.08 and is 14.3% below its high.
Who are Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



