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SPE Dividend History

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. · every payment since 1993

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (SPE) has paid 286 dividends since 1993. The most recent was $0.1090 per share (ex-date Sep 22, 2026). Over the last 12 months SPE paid $2.1200 across 14 payments, a trailing yield of 16.31%. The average of the last 3 regular payments is +0.0% versus the 3 before.

Latest dividend

$0.1090

Last ex-date

Sep 22, 2026

Paid, last 12 months

$2.12

Trailing yield

16.31%

Frequency

Monthly

Growth streak

2 yrs

Dividends versus price, last 12 months

Paid out

13.66%

of price a year ago

Price change

-16.2%

$15.52$13.00

Approx. total return

-2.6%

before taxes

Total return adds dividends received to the price change; it ignores reinvestment and taxes.

SPE dividends per year

Total paid per share by calendar year

Recent dividend amounts

Last 36 regular payments, per share

SPE dividend history by year

YearPaymentsTotal per shareChange
2026year to date10$1.0900
202513timing$2.0200+77.2%
202412$1.1400+9.2%
202312$1.0440-20.9%
202212$1.3200-26.7%
202112$1.8020+59.8%
202012$1.1280+20.5%
20199timing$0.9360-43.9%
20182timing$1.6690+25.5%
20171timing$1.3300+64.2%
20161timing$0.8100-31.9%
20151timing$1.1900-19.6%
20141timing$1.4800-33.0%
20131timing$2.2100+132.6%
20121timing$0.9500+3418.5%
20111timing$0.0270-10.0%
20101timing$0.0300-95.7%
200911timing$0.6970+21.4%
200812$0.5740-4.7%
200712$0.6020-10.7%
200612$0.6740-22.4%
200512$0.8680+0.5%
200412$0.8640-20.3%
200312$1.0840+32.2%
200212$0.8200+24.2%
200111timing$0.6600-14.1%
200012$0.7680-0.1%
199912$0.7690+0.1%
199812$0.7680+0.0%
199712$0.7680+0.0%
199612$0.7680+200.0%
19954timing$0.2560-63.9%
199410timing$0.7100+136.7%
19934timing$0.3000

Every SPE dividend

20 raises · 18 cuts · 13 specials
Ex-dividend datePay dateAmountChangeType
Sep 22, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 18, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 21, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 16, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
May 19, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 22, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 21, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 17, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 17, 2026$0.1090+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 2026$0.1090-0.9%Cut
Dec 29, 2025$0.7000Special
Dec 16, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 18, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 21, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 16, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 19, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 22, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 17, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
May 20, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 22, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 18, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 18, 2025$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 21, 2025$0.1100+15.8%Raise
Dec 17, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 19, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 22, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 18, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 21, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 18, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
May 20, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 19, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 16, 2024$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2024$0.0950+9.2%Raise
Dec 18, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 17, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 19, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 19, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 21, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 20, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
May 18, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 21, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 15, 2023$0.0870+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2023$0.0870-20.9%Cut
Dec 19, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 17, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 19, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 20, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 19, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 17, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
May 18, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 21, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 16, 2022$0.1100+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2022$0.1100+1.9%Raise
Dec 20, 2021$0.6980Special
Nov 17, 2021$0.1080+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 19, 2021$0.1080+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 20, 2021$0.1080+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 19, 2021$0.1080+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 2021$0.1080+14.9%Raise
Jun 18, 2021$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
May 18, 2021$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2021$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 19, 2021$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 16, 2021$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2021$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 18, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 16, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 15, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 18, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 16, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 18, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 16, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 16, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2020$0.0940+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 16, 2020$0.0940+23.7%Raise
Dec 18, 2019$0.3280Special
Nov 14, 2019$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 15, 2019$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 18, 2019$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 14, 2019$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 2019$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2019$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2019$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 15, 2019$0.0760+181.5%Raise
Dec 18, 2018$1.4500Special
Sep 18, 2018$0.2190Special
Dec 18, 2017$1.3300Special
Dec 19, 2016$0.8100Special
Dec 21, 2015$1.1900Special
Dec 18, 2014$1.4800Special
Dec 26, 2013$2.2100Special
Dec 19, 2012$0.9500Special
Dec 19, 2011$0.0270-10.0%Cut
Dec 21, 2010$0.0300-25.0%Cut
Dec 29, 2009$0.0400-46.7%Cut
Oct 20, 2009$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 22, 2009$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 18, 2009$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 21, 2009$0.0750+15.4%Raise
Jun 23, 2009$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
May 19, 2009$0.0650+6.6%Raise
Apr 21, 2009$0.0610+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 24, 2009$0.0610+10.9%Raise
Feb 17, 2009$0.0550+10.0%Raise
Jan 20, 2009$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 23, 2008$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 18, 2008$0.0500+51.5%Raise
Oct 21, 2008$0.0330-37.7%Cut
Sep 23, 2008$0.0530+8.2%Raise
Aug 19, 2008$0.0490+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 22, 2008$0.0490+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 17, 2008$0.0490+0.0%Unchanged
May 20, 2008$0.0490+2.1%Raise
Apr 22, 2008$0.0480+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 18, 2008$0.0480+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 19, 2008$0.0480+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 22, 2008$0.0480-25.0%Cut
Dec 18, 2007$0.0640+33.3%Raise
Nov 20, 2007$0.0480+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 23, 2007$0.0480+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 18, 2007$0.0480+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 21, 2007$0.0480+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 2007$0.0480+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 19, 2007$0.0480-4.0%Cut
May 22, 2007$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 17, 2007$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 20, 2007$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 20, 2007$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 18, 2007$0.0500-40.5%Cut
Dec 19, 2006$0.0840+68.0%Raise
Nov 14, 2006$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 17, 2006$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 19, 2006$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 22, 2006$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 18, 2006$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 20, 2006$0.0500-13.8%Cut
May 16, 2006$0.0580+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 2006$0.0580+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 21, 2006$0.0580+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2006$0.0580+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 17, 2006$0.0580+16.0%Raise
Dec 20, 2005$0.2630Special
Nov 15, 2005$0.0500+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 18, 2005$0.0500-9.1%Cut
Sep 20, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 16, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 21, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
May 17, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 15, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 15, 2005$0.0550-15.4%Cut
Jan 18, 2005$0.0650-51.5%Cut
Dec 14, 2004$0.1340+106.2%Raise
Nov 16, 2004$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 12, 2004$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 15, 2004$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 17, 2004$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 14, 2004$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 15, 2004$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 2004$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2004$0.0650-7.1%Cut
Mar 16, 2004$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 17, 2004$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2004$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 16, 2003$0.3140Special
Nov 12, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 14, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 16, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 12, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 15, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 17, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 15, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 11, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 14, 2003$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 17, 2002$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 12, 2002$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 15, 2002$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 17, 2002$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2002$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 16, 2002$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 18, 2002$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2002$0.0700+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 16, 2002$0.0700+7.7%Raise
Mar 12, 2002$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 12, 2002$0.0650+8.3%Raise
Jan 15, 2002$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 11, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 16, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 14, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
May 15, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 17, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2001$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 16, 2001$0.0600-6.3%Cut
Dec 18, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 16, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 18, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 18, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 16, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 18, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 16, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
May 17, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 16, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 17, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 21, 2000$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 16, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 18, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 14, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 17, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 19, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 16, 1999$0.0640-1.5%Cut
Jun 17, 1999$0.0650+1.6%Raise
May 20, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 15, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 18, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 18, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 14, 1999$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 15, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 17, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 13, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 16, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 18, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 14, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 16, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
May 12, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 14, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 17, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 17, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 14, 1998$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 22, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 18, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 14, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 16, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 12, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 15, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 17, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 15, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 18, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 18, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 14, 1997$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 20, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 16, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 17, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 16, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 18, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 16, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 12, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 18, 1996$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 19, 1995$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 1995$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 17, 1995$0.0640+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 1995$0.0640-4.5%Cut
Oct 14, 1994$0.0670+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 12, 1994$0.0670+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 8, 1994$0.0670+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 18, 1994$0.0670+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 7, 1994$0.0670-10.7%Cut
May 17, 1994$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 1994$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 8, 1994$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 7, 1994$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 10, 1994$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 8, 1993$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 8, 1993$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 3, 1993$0.0750+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 9, 1993$0.0750First

Amounts are per share and adjusted for stock splits, so early payments appear smaller than the cash paid at the time; a year with an extra or missing ex-date shows as a jump in the annual table. Change compares each regular payment with the previous regular one; payments of at least 2.5 times the recent median are treated as specials. Data refreshes daily; informational only, not investment advice. Back to SPE