FINANCIAL -- An Analysis of the Top 25 Financial Sector Dividend Payers 2/1/2024 to 1/31/2025

The top 25 Financial Sector dividend payers ranked by yield

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The following stocks are sorted in descending order of greatest “yield.”

Please note some of these may have had “special” dividends or spinoff payments which will not repeat.

All dividends are calculated based on the “Ex-EFF Date.”

Here’s a “table of averages” for the 25 issues below; not definitive, but kind of interesting.

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[1] Rand Capital Corporation [RAND]

RAND had total dividends of $5.0300 from 2/1/2024 to 1/31/2025. During that time frame it had a starting price of $11.44, a high price of $22.82, a low price of $11.42, and a 1/31/2025 price of $22.01. This means that it had a yield of 43.97%, or an average monthly yield of 3.67%. The peak-to-valley is -49.96%. The capital gains were 92.40%. The overall gain/loss (cap gains + yield) is 136.36%, or a gain/loss per month of 11.38%. The average volume from 2/1/2024 to 1/31/2025 was 4,563.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/etf/RAND/dividend-history

[2] Mesabi Trust [MSB]

MSB had total dividends of $6.9300 from 2/1/2024 to 1/31/2025. During that time frame it had a starting price of $19.71, a high price of $37.00, a low price of $15.93, and a 1/31/2025 price of $23.60. This means that it had a yield of 35.16%, or an average monthly yield of 2.93%. The peak-to-valley is -56.95%. The capital gains were 19.74%. The overall gain/loss (cap gains + yield) is 54.90%, or a gain/loss per month of 4.58%. The average volume from 2/1/2024 to 1/31/2025 was 35,616.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/etf/MSB/dividend-history

[3] Taiwan Fund, Inc. (The) [TWN]

TWN had total dividends of $7.3984 from 2/1/2024 to 1/31/2025. During that time frame it had a starting price of $36.37, a high price of $47.24, a low price of $36.07, and a 1/31/2025 price of $38.66. This means that it had a yield of 20.34%, or an average monthly yield of 1.70%. The peak-to-valley is -23.65%. The capital gains were 6.30%. The overall gain/loss (cap gains + yield) is 26.64%, or a gain/loss per month of 2.22%. The average volume from 2/1/2024 to 1/31/2025 was 20,644.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/etf/TWN/dividend-history