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GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND (GOF)

The Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund, a U.S.-domiciled closed-end balanced mutual fund, commenced operations on November 13, 2006, having previously been known as Claymore/Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund. It is overseen by Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC, with Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC providing co-management services. This fund pursues investment opportunities across global public equity and fixed income markets. Its equity portfolio construction involves both direct stock purchases and the strategic deployment of derivatives, such as writing covered call and put options. The fund aims for exposure to value-oriented companies of all market capitalizations, spanning diverse industry sectors. The S&P 500 Index serves as its benchmark for equity performance. For its fixed income allocation, the fund targets a range of securities including corporate bonds, various types of loans (including participations), structured finance instruments, and U.S. government and agency debt. A key criterion for these investments is a minimum credit rating of not less than CCC by S&P or Caa2 by Moody's. The Barclays Aggregate Bond Index acts as the benchmark for its fixed income component. The overall portfolio is developed through a methodical fusion of quantitative and qualitative analytical approaches.

Industry: Asset Management

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Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund

NYSE:GOFFinancial Services
Pre+0.00%$8.58
Close$8.58-0.69%AH Close$8.58+0.00%vs close
Mkt Cap$1.92B
Float212.04M
O/S223.45M
Inst Own22.6%
Div Yield25.47%
Dilution
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund logoNYSE:GOFPre$8.58+0.00%
Delisting Issues Timeline
Financials Summary
Revenue$225.51M
Net Income$219.32M
Total Assets$3.71B
Free Cash Flow$429.77M
Debt & Equity
Debt 20%
Equity 80%
Total Debt$616.28M
Total Equity$2.41B
Shares Outstanding
Short Interest
Split History

No splits on record

Nothing in GOF's public trading history: no forward or reverse split has affected the share count.

Balance Sheet Details
Assets$3.71B
Liabilities$1.3B
Accounts Receivable$80K
Accounts Payable$661.97M
Inventory$0
PP&E (Net)$0
Goodwill$0
Intangible Assets$0
Income Statement
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012FY 2011FY 2010FY 2009FY 2008FY 2007
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2026-05-312025-05-312024-05-312023-05-312022-05-312021-05-312020-05-312019-05-312018-05-312017-05-312016-05-312015-05-312014-05-312013-05-312012-05-312011-05-312010-05-312009-05-312008-05-31
Revenue$225.51M$134.89M$175.81M$150.85M$136.19M$81.83M$15.76M$28.35M$50.91M$62.75M$37.84M$31.21M$36.9M$34.38M$22.53M$22.69M$20.34M$13.67M$12M
YoY Growth67.2%-23.3%16.5%10.8%66.4%419.2%-44.4%-44.3%-18.9%65.8%21.2%-15.4%7.3%52.6%-0.7%11.6%48.8%13.9%-
Cost of Revenue$27.2M$23.33M$20.55M$19.68M$19.02M$11.12M$7.32M$6.38M$5.63M$5.39M$5.07M$5.17M$4.62M$3.94M$4.68M$4.62M$4.15M$3.87M$4.76M
Gross Profit$198.31M$111.56M$155.26M$131.18M$117.17M$70.71M$8.45M$21.97M$45.29M$57.36M$32.77M$26.04M$32.27M$30.44M$17.85M$18.07M$16.19M$9.8M$7.24M
Gross Margin87.9%82.7%88.3%87.0%86.0%86.4%53.6%77.5%88.9%91.4%86.6%83.4%87.5%88.5%79.2%79.6%79.6%71.7%60.3%
Research and Development$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Selling, General, and Administrative$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$80K$70K$60K$120K$0
Other-$36.61M-$62.1M-$57.06M$126.98M$240.77M-$89.37M$36.68M$3.27M$16.88M-$26.86M$29.81M$7.51M$5.8M-$14.42M$20K$50K$30K$20K$20K
Total Operating Expenses-$36.61M-$62.1M-$57.06M$126.98M$240.77M-$89.37M$36.68M$3.27M$16.88M-$26.86M$29.81M$7.51M$5.8M-$14.42M$100K$120K$90K$140K$20K
Operating Income (EBIT)$234.92M$173.67M$212.31M$4.2M-$123.6M$160.08M-$28.23M$18.7M$28.41M$84.21M$2.95M$18.53M$26.47M$44.86M$17.75M$17.96M$16.1M$9.67M$7.22M
Operating Margin104.2%128.7%120.8%2.8%-90.8%195.6%-179.1%65.9%55.8%134.2%7.8%59.4%71.7%130.5%78.8%79.2%79.2%70.7%60.2%
Interest Expense$15.98M$19.75M$23.52M$20.82M$4.19M$2.15M$148K$29K$911K$2.6M$2.01M$1.43M$1.5M$1.61M-$10.51M$22.99M$47.83M-$39.27M-$9.08M
Interest Income$190.43M$172.05M$152.46M$126.13M$85.58M$57.78M$42.85M$37.52M$36.47M$38.67M$32.18M$28.14M$27.69M$26.47M$0$0$0$0$0
Other Income (Expense)-$15.59M-$21.45M-$24.13M-$20.66M-$3.55M-$2.28M-$102K-$189K-$171K-$1.97M-$1.63M-$389K-$1.09M-$1.6M-$10.52M$22.99M$47.83M-$39.28M-$9.08M
Income Before Tax (EBT)$219.32M$152.21M$188.18M-$16.46M-$127.15M$157.8M-$28.34M$18.51M$28.24M$82.24M$1.33M$18.14M$25.39M$43.26M$7.23M$40.95M$63.93M-$29.61M-$1.86M
Income Tax Expense$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Net Income$219.32M$152.21M$188.18M-$16.46M-$127.15M$157.8M-$28.34M$18.51M$28.24M$82.24M$1.33M$18.14M$25.39M$43.26M$7.23M$40.95M$63.93M-$29.61M-$1.86M
Net Income Margin97.3%112.8%107.0%-10.9%-93.4%192.8%-179.8%65.3%55.5%131.1%3.5%58.1%68.8%125.8%32.1%180.5%314.3%-216.6%-15.5%
Supplementary Data
EPS0.980.981.26-0.14-1.223.95-0.670.521.024.470.071.041.643.160.664.396.93-3.25-0.20
Diluted EPS0.980.981.26-0.14-1.223.95-0.670.521.024.470.071.041.643.160.664.396.93-3.25-0.20
Weighted Average OS223.45M156.06M149.34M119.34M104.15M39.95M42.43M35.85M27.73M18.40M17.73M17.49M15.47M13.67M10.91M9.32M9.22M9.11M9.11M
EBITDA$235.3M$171.96M$211.7M$4.37M-$122.96M$159.95M-$28.19M$18.54M$29.15M$84.83M$3.34M$19.57M$26.88M$44.87M-$3.28M$63.94M$111.76M-$68.88M-$10.94M
EBITDA Margin104.3%127.5%120.4%2.9%-90.3%195.5%-178.8%65.4%57.2%135.2%8.8%62.7%72.9%130.5%-14.6%281.8%549.5%-503.9%-91.2%
Balance Sheet
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012FY 2011FY 2010FY 2009FY 2008FY 2007
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2026-05-312025-05-312024-05-312023-05-312022-05-312021-05-312020-05-312019-05-312018-05-312017-05-312016-05-312015-05-312014-05-312013-05-312012-05-312011-05-312010-05-312009-05-312008-05-31
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents$13.66M$26.84M$5.54M$3.42M$3.93M$2M$985K$1.23M$2.46M$3.45M$2M$2.36M$5.2M$6.1M$400K$1.5M$13.4M$800K$0
Short-Term Investments$19.82M$0$14.42M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Cash and Short-Term Investments$33.48M$26.84M$19.96M$3.42M$3.93M$2M$985K$1.23M$2.46M$3.45M$2M$2.36M$5.2M$6.1M$400K$1.5M$13.4M$800K$0
Accounts Receivable$80K$51.49M$28.69M$42.02M$53.95M$110.88M$12.57M$4.48M$15.95M$16.56M$12.62M$3.11M$3.3M$5.3M$2.6M$3.1M$3M$3.2M$1.9M
Inventory$0$0$0$50.25M$58.45M$130.26M$36.89M$8.45M$20.07M$23.84M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Current Assets$362.14M$0-$48.66M-$50.25M-$58.45M-$130.26M-$36.89M-$8.45M-$20.07M-$23.84M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Total Current Assets$395.7M$78.45M$5.62M$45.44M$57.88M$112.98M$13.65M$5.7M$18.4M$20.01M$14.62M$5.47M$8.5M$11.4M$3M$4.6M$16.4M$4M$1.9M
Long-Term Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment Net$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Goodwill$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Intangible Assets$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Long-Term Investments$3.31B$708K$2.07B$1.79B$1.94B$1.32B$713.92M$653.3M$539.5M$516.42M$439.21M$511.84M$451.3M$402.7M$293.4M$267.1M$213.2M$145.1M$236.9M
Deferred Tax Assets$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Long-Term Assets$3.2M$2.45B-$2.07B-$1.79B-$1.94B-$1.32B-$713.92M-$653.3M-$539.5M-$516.42M-$439.21M-$511.84M-$451.3M-$402.7M-$293.4M-$267.1M-$213.2M-$145.1M-$236.9M
Total Long-Term Assets$3.31B$2.45B$2.14B$1.79B$1.94B$1.32B$713.92M$653.3M$539.5M$516.42M$440.97M$512.52M$451.6M$404.6M$294.6M$267.7M$216.1M$146.2M$236.9M
Other Assets$0$0$2.14B$4.88M$1.33M$819K$6.59M$2.69M$9K$1.52M$5.84M$4.42M$3.6M$0$100K$100K$100K$100K$600K
Total Assets$3.71B$2.53B$2.14B$1.84B$2B$1.43B$734.16M$661.69M$557.91M$537.95M$461.43M$522.41M$463.7M$416M$297.7M$272.4M$232.6M$150.3M$239.4M
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable$661.97M$122.27M$42.98M$17.21M$14.99M$107.61M$11.91M$11.4M$22.37M$15M$7.15M$17.79M$6.8M$11.2M$3.8M$3.4M$300K$2.9M$2M
Short-Term Debt$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$130.57M$114.76M$75.6M$59.5M$53.2M$47.6M$31.6M$9M$76M
Current Income Tax Payable$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Current Unearned Revenue$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$20.76M-$76.43M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Current Liabilities$0$0$0-$21.55M-$17.59M-$113.12M-$16.92M-$12.86M-$21.85M$74.09M$4.11M$1.39M$2.5M$2.7M$2.8M$1M$1.4M$3.2M$0
Total Current Liabilities$670.98M$122.27M$74.43M$17.21M$14.99M$107.61M$11.91M$11.4M$22.37M$15M$141.83M$133.94M$84.9M$73.4M$59.8M$52M$33.3M$15.1M$78M
Long-Term Liabilities
Long-Term Debt$616.28M$378.75M$361.76M$0$0$0$0$1.03M$730K$17.52M$9.35M$45.49M$60.8M$56.1M$30.6M$33.1M$37.5M$22.1M$0
Long-Term Unearned Revenue$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Long-Term Deferred Tax Liabilities$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Long-Term Liabilities$680.73M$18.17M$0$0$0$0$0-$1.03M-$730K-$17.52M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Total Long-Term Liabilities$1.3B$396.92M$361.76M$343.85M$478.09M$374.68M$62.01M$1.03M$2.34M$108.94M$9.35M$45.49M$60.8M$56.1M$30.6M$33.1M$37.5M$22.1M$1.2M
Other Liabilities$0$0$1.9M$7.94M$18.12M$71.75M$11.34M$7.43M$2.95M$3.55M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$700K
Total Liabilities$1.3B$519.19M$438.08M$369M$511.21M$554.04M$85.27M$19.87M$27.66M$127.49M$151.19M$179.42M$145.7M$129.5M$90.4M$85.1M$70.8M$37.2M$79.9M
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$16.61M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Common Stock$2.23M$1.76M$1.43M$1.19M$1.04M$515K$424K$358K$277K$208K$177K$175K$200K$100K$100K$100K$100K$100K$100K
Retained Earnings-$92.88M-$122.08M-$165.46M-$229.37M-$108.11M$12M-$100.8M-$38.62M-$10.67M-$10.41M-$7.88M-$1.34M$5M$4.4M$400K$900K$900K$1M$200K
Comprehensive Income & Other$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0-$16.61M$7.15M-$26.13M$4.39M$15.6M$22.2M$6.5M$17M-$6.6M-$53.7M-$11M
Other Stockholders' Equity$2.5B$2.13B$1.87B$1.7B$1.6B$865.53M$749.27M$680.09M$540.64M$420.66M$317.95M$344.15M$312.8M$282M$206.8M$186.3M$160.8M$112M$159.2M
Total Equity$2.41B$2.01B$1.7B$1.47B$1.49B$878.04M$648.89M$641.82M$530.25M$410.46M$310.25M$342.99M$318M$286.5M$207.3M$187.3M$161.8M$113.1M$159.5M
Minority Interest$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Total Liabilities and Equity$3.71B$2.53B$2.14B$1.84B$2B$1.43B$734.16M$661.69M$557.91M$537.95M$461.43M$522.41M$463.7M$416M$297.7M$272.4M$232.6M$150.3M$239.4M
Supplementary Data
Total Debt$616.28M$378.75M$361.76M$343.85M$478.09M$374.68M$62.01M$1.03M$2.34M$108.94M$139.93M$160.25M$136.4M$115.6M$83.8M$80.7M$69.1M$31.1M$76M
Net Debt$602.62M$351.9M-$5.54M$340.43M$474.15M$372.67M$61.03M-$192K-$116K$105.49M$137.93M$157.89M$131.2M$109.5M$83.4M$79.2M$55.7M$30.3M$76M
Cash Flow Statement
PeriodFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016FY 2015FY 2014FY 2013FY 2012FY 2011FY 2010FY 2009FY 2008FY 2007
CurrencyUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSDUSD
Period Ending2026-05-312025-05-312024-05-312023-05-312022-05-312021-05-312020-05-312019-05-312018-05-312017-05-312016-05-312015-05-312014-05-312013-05-312012-05-312011-05-312010-05-312009-05-312008-05-31
Operating Activities
Net Income$219.32M$152.21M$188.18M-$16.46M-$127.15M$157.8M-$28.34M$18.51M$28.24M$82.24M$1.33M$18.14M$25.39M$43.26M$7.23M$40.95M$63.93M-$29.61M-$1.86M
Depreciation & Amortization$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Deferred Income Tax$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock-Based Compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Changes in Working Capital:
  Accounts Receivable-$308.23M-$22.33M$12.94M$13.42M$69.36M-$92.79M-$7.12M$0$1.96M$1.25M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
  Inventory$0$0$0-$5.77M-$2.67M$0$0$0$63K-$515K$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
  Accounts Payable$542.87M$79.47M$25.96M$2.88M-$99.81M$93.81M$508K$0$6.46M$8.25M$10.64M-$10.99M$4.4M-$7.4M-$400K-$3.1M$2.6M-$900K$0
  Other Working Capital-$2.18M$56.37M$31.35M$4.11M-$4.8M$1.51M-$849K$0-$12K$360K$15.86M-$37.5M-$52.35M-$66.61M-$25.83M-$19.83M-$16.77M$54.8M$0
Total Working Capital Change$232.46M$34.04M$70.25M$14.63M-$37.93M-$3.99M-$4.04M$0$8.47M$9.86M$26.5M-$48.49M-$47.95M-$74.01M-$26.23M-$22.93M-$14.17M$53.9M-$243.83M
Other Non-Cash Items-$22.01M-$367.55M-$286.62M$139.29M$236.99M-$542.09M-$60.5M-$18.51M-$23.14M-$77.36M$28.37M-$3.22M-$6.92M-$30.53M$2.6M-$28.44M-$58.16M$39.38M$8.31M
Net Cash from Operating$429.77M-$181.31M-$28.19M$137.46M$71.91M-$388.29M-$92.87M$0$13.57M$14.74M$56.2M-$33.57M-$29.48M-$61.28M-$16.4M-$10.42M-$8.4M$63.67M-$237.38M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures$0$0$2$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Acquisitions$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Purchases of Investments-$1.67B-$788.56M-$715.7M-$463.32M-$824.58M-$1.1B-$439.87M$0-$330.85M-$281.65M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Sales of Investments$1.02B$539.93M$596.76M$552.03M$863.41M$641.15M$252.36M$0$330.04M$265.13M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing Activities$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Net Cash from Investing-$647.2M-$248.64M-$118.94M$88.71M$38.83M-$461.14M-$187.51M$0-$815K-$16.52M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Financing Activities
Debt Repaid--$16.87M-$17.96M$133.93M$180.4M-$312.08M-$61.75M-$106.52M$31.8M---------
Common Stock Issuance$563.22M$453.12M$292.46M$214.14M$250.48M$161.51M$111.97M$0$138.22M$55.23M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Common Stock Repurchases$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$3.25M$40.9M$36.6M$59.13M$30.04M$0$0$0$173.81M
Dividends Paid-$380.07M-$300.6M-$249.73M-$215.19M-$155.05M-$90.05M-$76.9M$0-$47.53M-$38.17M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Other Financing Activities$0-$421K-$332K$216K-$494K-$12K-$326K$0-$247K-$115K-$54.14M$31.06M$27.08M$67.64M$15.95M-$3.85M$22.81M-$61.76M$237.28M
Net Cash from Financing$421.1M$168.97M$60.35M-$134.85M-$85.47M$383.52M$96.49M$0-$16.08M-$14.84M-$54.14M$31.06M$27.08M$67.64M$15.95M-$3.85M$22.81M-$61.76M$237.28M
Forex Effect-$216.86M-$61.14M-$87.34M-$88.71M-$23.75M$0$0$0$815K$16.52M$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Net Change in Cash-$13.18M-$12.34M$32.17M$2.61M$1.52M-$4.76M$3.61M$1.43M-$2.51M-$101K$2.05M-$2.51M-$2.41M$6.36M-$450K-$14.27M$14.41M$1.91M-$100K
Supplementary Data
Operating Cash Flow$429.77M-$181.31M-$28.19M$137.46M$71.91M-$388.29M-$92.87M$0$13.57M$14.74M$56.2M-$33.57M-$29.48M-$61.28M-$16.4M-$10.42M-$8.4M$63.67M-$237.38M
Capital Expenditure$0$0$2$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Free Cash Flow$429.77M-$181.31M-$28.19M$137.46M$71.91M-$388.29M-$92.87M$0$13.57M$14.74M$56.2M-$33.57M-$29.48M-$61.28M-$16.4M-$10.42M-$8.4M$63.67M-$237.38M
Cash at Beginning$26.84M$40.33M$8.17M$5.56M$2.77M$7.53M$3.92M$2.5M$5M$5.1M$2.36M$5.2M$6.1M$400K$1.5M$13.4M$800K$0$0
Cash at End$13.66M$27.99M$40.33M$8.17M$4.3M$2.77M$7.53M$3.92M$2.5M$5M$4.41M$2.69M$3.69M$6.76M$1.05M-$870K$15.21M$1.91M-$100K