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Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. (FLC) Stock Analysis

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. (FLC) is a Asset Management stock listed on NYSE and quoted in US Dollar.

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

FLC

$15.57

+$0.05 (+0.32%)

Oct 21, 2026 · Market close

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FLC Key Statistics

As of Oct 21, 2026

Trading

Open: $15.55
Previous Close: $15.52
Day's Range: 15.55–15.61
52-Week Range: 15.33–18.09
Volume: 9.60K
Beta: 0.67

Valuation

Market Cap: $162.81M
P/E Ratio: 8.70
P/S ratio: 7.76
EPS (ttm): 1.79

Financials (FY)

Revenue (FY): $17.01M−52.16%
Net Income (FY): $16.15M−53.30%
Profit margin: 89.21%
Shares Outstanding: 10.46M
1-Year Return: −6.29%

Dividend and dates

Dividend: $1.24+8.01%
Ex-Dividend Date: October 23, 2026
Avg Volume: 31.08K

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

Key facts

As of October 21, 2026, FLC closed at $15.57, −6.29% over 1 year.

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. (FLC) has a market capitalization of $162.81M.

In fiscal 2025, FLC reported revenue of $17.01M.

FLC Stock Return by Calendar Year

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. (FLC) 10-year return: what $10,000 became

1 year: $10,000 $9,371; −6.29%
5 years: $10,000 $9,059; −9.41%
10 years: $10,000 $14,867; +48.67%

If you had invested $10,000 in Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. (FLC) 10 years ago, at the close on October 21, 2016, it would have been worth $14,867 at the close on October 21, 2026: +48.67% in total, +4.05% a year, with dividends reinvested. A historical calculation from closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, before fees and taxes.

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

+38.64%−25.11%−7.13%

2016*2017201820192020202120222023202420252026*

Year	Return
2026 (partial year)	−7.13%
2025	+12.39%
2024	+23.07%
2023	−0.80%
2022	−25.11%
2021	+2.84%
2020	+14.12%
2019	+38.64%
2018	−14.14%
2017	+17.00%
2016 (partial year)	−7.08%

As of October 21, 2026.

FLC Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends November

RevenueNet income

2022202320242025

Fiscal year	Revenue	Net income	Net margin
2025	$17.01M	$16.15M	94.9%
2024	$35.56M	$34.58M	97.2%
2023	$2.93M	$2.11M	71.8%
2022	−$35.88M	−$36.74M	102.4%

Fiscal year	Revenue	Gross profit	Operating income	Net income	Net margin
2025	$17.01M	—	—	$16.15M	94.9%
2024	$35.56M	—	—	$34.58M	97.2%
2023	$2.93M	—	—	$2.11M	71.8%
2022	−$35.88M	—	—	−$36.74M	102.4%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of November 30, 2025.

FLC Dividend History

’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26*

$1.19+7.8% vs 2024

Dividends per share, 2025 · 12 payments

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026*	$0.84	8	—
2025	$1.19	12	+7.8%
2024	$1.11	12	+2.6%
2023	$1.08	12	−23.7%

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026 (partial year)	$0.84	8	—
2025	$1.19	12	+7.8%
2024	$1.11	12	+2.6%
2023	$1.08	12	−23.7%
2022	$1.41	12	−9.8%
2021	$1.57	12	+5.7%
2020	$1.48	12	+5.5%
2019	$1.41	12	−2.0%
2018	$1.44	12	−8.1%
2017	$1.56	12	+480.3%
2016	$0.27	2	—

Most recent payment: $0.10 per share, ex-dividend August 24, 2026. Per-share amounts summed by calendar year from ex-dividend dates. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

FLC Valuation vs Asset Management Median

Median of 512 stocks

Metric	FLC	Asset Management median	vs median
P/E	8.70	9.44	8% below
P/S ratio	7.76	8.59	10% below
Profit margin	89.21%	74.97%	14.2 pts above

Medians across 512 Asset Management stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of October 21, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. (FLC) carries a market capitalisation of $162.81M. The company sits in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry.

The most recent close on file for FLC is $15.57, dated October 21, 2026. That is +$0.05 (+0.32%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $15.33 to $18.09. The latest close sits 1.57% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

In fiscal 2025, Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. reported revenue of $17.01M. That is −52.16% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $35.56M. The same year closed with net income of $16.15M. That is −53.30% against the prior fiscal year. The reported profit margin is 89.21%. That is 14.2 percentage points above the Asset Management median of 74.97%. Trailing earnings per share are 1.79.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from −$35.88M in 2022 to $17.01M in 2025. Of those 4 years, 3 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

FLC trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 8.7. That is 7.84% below the Asset Management median of 9.44. The price-to-sales ratio is 7.76. On price-to-sales that is 9.68% below the Asset Management median of 8.59. 512 Asset Management companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

Over the trailing twelve months the total return is −6.29%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +4.05%. The reported beta is 0.67. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 21.92%.

Growth & Income

The trailing dividend yield is 8.01%. That is 0.9 percentage points below the Asset Management median yield of 8.91%. At the indicated rate that is $1.24 a share a year. The ex-dividend date on file is October 23, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 11 calendar years; 2026 shows 8 payments totalling $0.84 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $1.19 a share.

2026 is still running; the total return is −7.13% year to date. Across the complete calendar years on file, 2019 returned +38.64% and 2022 returned −25.11%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 6 finished higher.

Peer Comparison

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. (FLC) operates in the Asset Management industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company	Ticker	Market Cap	P/E Ratio
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc.	FLC	$162.81M	8.7
BlackRock, Inc.	BLK	$184.31B	25.8
Blackstone Inc.	BX	$127.43B	23.9
Brookfield Corporation	BN	$83.74B	69.5

The Asset Management industry average P/E ratio is 9.4x. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. trades at a P/E of 8.7.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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About Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc.

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across utilities and banking sectors. The fund primarily invests in investment-grade securities consisting of preferred securities and other income-producing securities comprising of various debt securities. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and the S&P 500 Index. The fund was formerly known as Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund, Inc. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. was formed on August 26, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.

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