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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Inc.: Business Overview, Financials & Competitive Analysis

FFC is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks high current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing in preferred securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, includi...

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Income-focused closed-end fund leveraging preferred securities expertise to deliver tax-advantaged distributions with...

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Industry Preferred securities closed-end funds
5 named competitors
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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Inc. Overview

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FFC is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks high current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing in preferred securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including traditional preferred stock, trust preferred securities and hybrid securities. The fund reported 9.4% NAV return and 13.0% market return in fiscal 2025, with $849M net assets and $502M leverage.

Strategic Profile

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The portfolio remains focused on preferreds and contingent capital securities, heavily tilted to financials, insurance and utilities, with 75.8% in preferred/hybrid securities and 21.1% in contingent capital. At November 30, 2025, the market price discount to NAV was about 5.5%, the indicated yield on market price was 7.03%, and approximately 99.3% of 2025 distributions qualified as tax-advantaged qualified dividend income.

Competitive Landscape

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FFC competes within the preferred securities closed-end fund market against other income-focused funds offering similar leverage, diversified preferred security portfolios, and monthly distributions. Direct competitors include other Flaherty & Crumrine managed funds (PFD, PFF) and competing preferred securities CEFs that target dividend investors seeking tax-advantaged income from financial, insurance, and utility preferred issuers.

Industry Context

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Inc. operates in Preferred securities closed-end funds.

Key facts

Founded: 2003 · Headquarters: Pasadena, US · Employees: Not disclosed · Revenue: $89.34M for fiscal year ended November 30, 2025 · Market cap: $849M (net assets as of November 30, 2025)

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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Inc. operates in Preferred securities closed-end funds. See how the rest of the sector scores on the Cyborg framework.

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FFC is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks high current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing in preferred securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, includi...
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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Inc. has a Cyborg Score of 7/10 (Solid). The score synthesizes business model, financials, leadership, competitive position, technology, marketing, and ESG dimensions across hundreds of data points.
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Named competitors include Preferred and Income Opportunity Fund, Preferred and Income Fund, Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust, Invesco Preferred Stock ETF. The full competitive landscape is in the AskCyborg report.
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