SPE — SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.

US equity
13.38 +0.45% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 13.06 · high 15.91

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Performance

1 day+0.45%
1 week-1.83%
1 month+0.98%
3 months-4.15%
6 months-10.62%
Year to date-9.29%
1 year-13.06%
3 years+16.65%
5 years-15.21%

Technicals

RSI 1456.3
vs 50-day avg-0.31%
vs 200-day avg-6.56%
Volatility 1y13.2%
Max drawdown 1y-17.91%
Avg volume 30d32.2K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)10.59%
Paid last 12m2.1175
Payments in 12m14
Paying since2016-12-19

⚠ Includes an irregular or special distribution — this yield is unlikely to repeat.

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-06-03Dakos Andrew
President and CEO
Open-market sale5.2K14.1173.1K
2026-06-03Dakos Andrew
President and CEO
Open-market sale13314.071.9K
2026-06-02Dakos Andrew
President and CEO
Open-market sale1.1K14.0215.1K
2025-12-30Dakos Andrew
President
Open-market sale4.1K14.6660.1K
2025-04-04GOLDSTEIN PHILLIP
Chairman and Secretary
Open-market purchase3.0K13.8041.4K
2024-09-20Dakos Andrew
President
Open-market sale37713.745.2K
2023-12-28GOLDSTEIN PHILLIP
Chairman and Secretary
Open-market purchase1.3K11.7815.5K
2023-12-28GOLDSTEIN PHILLIP
Chairman and Secretary
Open-market purchase4411.75517

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
Focus Partners Wealth18.4M1.3M
Shaker Financial Services, LLC5.1M372.0K
BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC4.1M294.9K
CSS LLC/IL1.6M118.7K
GatePass Capital, LLC1.6M112.9K
SCOTIA CAPITAL INC.1.5M110.0K
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.1.5M107.3K
WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC1.3M95.3K
MORGAN STANLEY1.2M90.8K
RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC1.1M82.1K

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
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-08-07on EDGAR ↗
1442026-06-11on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-042026-06-02on EDGAR ↗
1442026-06-02on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-06-012026-03-31on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-05-11on EDGAR ↗
32026-04-012026-04-01on EDGAR ↗
1442026-03-25on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d36.7% 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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