SPE vs ACNT Comparison

Special Opportunities Fund Inc is a closed-ended diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to have the total return. The company's investment portfolio consists of investment companies, common stocks, money market funds, commodity partnerships, preferred stocks, convertible bonds, liquidating trusts, promissory notes, senior unsecured notes, warrants, rights, corporate notes and corporate bonds. In addition, it also makes investments in construction materials, consumer finance, healthcare equipment and supplies, independent power and renewable electricity producers, insurance, personal products, professional services and real estate investment trusts.

Ascent Industries Co is engaged in the chemical and metal industry. The group operates into two reportable segments namely the Specialty Chemicals and Tubular Products. The Tubular Products segment serves markets through pipe and tube and customers in the appliance, architectural, automotive, and commercial transportation, brewery, chemical, petrochemical, and other industries. The Specialty Chemicals segment produces specialty products for pulp and paper, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE), textile, automotive, household, and other industries. It manufactures welded pipe and tube, majorly from stainless steel, duplex, and nickel alloys. The company also produces specialty chemicals and dyes used in various end markets.