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FUND — SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.

US equity
10.88 +1.49% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 7.93 · high 10.88

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Performance

1 day+1.49%
1 week+1.82%
1 month+10.68%
3 months+7.99%
6 months+10.57%
Year to date+25.35%
1 year+37.37%
3 years+36.51%
5 years+27.10%

Technicals

RSI 1486.7
vs 50-day avg+9.02%
vs 200-day avg+13.91%
Volatility 1y16.7%
Max drawdown 1y-11.55%
Avg volume 30d28.3K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)5.46%
Paid last 12m0.5944
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-03-11

Measured signals that fired on FUND

datesignal measured base rate
2026-05-26Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-06-29GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase38.9K9.63374.2K
2026-06-29GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase21.4K9.63206.0K
2026-06-29GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase16.4K9.63157.9K
2026-06-29GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase4.6K9.6344.4K
2026-06-29GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase4.0K9.6338.3K
2026-06-29GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase1.7K9.6316.5K
2026-06-29GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase1.1K9.6310.7K
2026-03-27GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase48.8K8.96437.4K
2026-03-27GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase38.6K8.96345.5K
2026-03-27GEORGE W WHITNEY
Director
Open-market purchase21.2K8.96190.2K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
SPROTT INC.148.3M15.5M
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA7.7M802.4K
LPL Financial LLC5.1M538.1K
MORGAN STANLEY2.4M249.6K
Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC2.2M233.2K
Essex Financial Services, Inc.2.1M218.6K
BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC2.1M215.6K
Shaker Financial Services, LLC1.9M203.2K
1607 Capital Partners, LLC1.5M153.1K
EVOLVE PRIVATE WEALTH, LLC1.4M150.6K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
N-PX2026-08-172026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
DEF 14A2026-08-142026-09-08on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-302026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-05-192026-03-31on EDGAR ↗
42026-03-312026-03-27on EDGAR ↗
N-CEN2026-03-132025-12-31on EDGAR ↗
N-CSR2026-03-092025-12-31on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-02-242025-12-31on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d26.8% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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