Is Franklin Universal Trust stock a buy?
What Is The Conclusion?
Right now our advanced algorithms say:
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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, Franklin Universal Trust pays dividends. Last time was Friday 30th of August 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Monday 19th of August 2024 were paid $0.0425 per share. Over the last 429 times between 1988 and 2024, Franklin Universal Trust has paid $22.2228 with an average of $0.05 per share.
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We cannot find data for Franklin Universal Trust 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Monday 9th of September 2019 when the price was $7.50, you would have made a loss of $-0.210 per share or -2.80%
No, the average daily trading liquidity for Franklin Universal Trust is $44 375 thousand. Trading in stocks with this little trading liquidity is very dangerous, and you can get into a situation where it will be hard to trade your stocks. In addition, these types of stocks usually have very high volatility.
Franklin Universal Trust has a normal ratio of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at some risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a low cash flow to debt ratio of 0.04, the company's ability to pay off the debt is limited. Franklin Universal Trust has a very good net profit margin of 104.25% and should have very high tolerances against inflation.
We have calculated the inflation risk for Franklin Universal Trust to be low [0.45 of 1]
US inflation for July 2024 was 0.15%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.92%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 3.72 and is down -0.95 over the last 30 days.