In plain terms — Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund
Shares currently cost about 13.3% less than the value of the assets behind them (a discount).
Over the past year it has averaged a 9.2% discount, so today's level is not wide for this fund (Z-score -0.6). That describes the past; it does not predict where the discount goes next.
It pays regular distributions worth about 10.6% a year of the share price (9.2% of the assets). That is a payout rate, not a return: part of it may be capital being handed back, and a one-off special payment in the last year is excluded from the regular rate.
Because the shares trade below the value of their assets, each dollar of reinvested distributions buys about $1.15 of assets — a ReinvestCapture™ rate of 12.2%, more than the payout rate itself. That is buying power, not a return.
The assets themselves grew 24.0% over the past year including distributions (NAV total return).
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Price and NAV, past year
Snapshot
Valuation vs. history
| Window | Average prem/disc | Std. dev. | Z-score | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | -8.96% | 1.46% | -0.85 | 55 |
| 6 months | -9.46% | 1.39% | -0.54 | 106 |
| 1 year | -9.16% | 1.80% | -0.58 | 203 |
| 3 years | -4.63% | — | — | — |
| 5 years | -7.16% | — | — | — |
Current contemporaneous premium/discount -10.21% (close Oct 14, 2026 vs NAV Oct 13, 2026). 1-year range -12.16% to -3.76%. A negative Z-score means a wider discount than the window average — not that the fund is undervalued.
Performance
| Series | 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y (ann.) | 5Y (ann.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market price return | -3.00% | -10.14% | +9.98% | +1.48% | +13.55% | -2.54% |
| Market price total return | -2.17% | -8.10% | +17.69% | +15.96% | +25.58% | +10.41% |
| NAV return | +2.16% | -6.54% | +14.39% | +9.81% | +13.85% | -1.55% |
| NAV total return | +2.94% | -4.61% | +21.64% | +23.96% | +25.21% | +10.27% |
Through Oct 14, 2026. Total return reinvests distributions at the series value on the ex-date. Cumulative ≤ 1 year, annualised beyond.
About the fund
The Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its core objective is to deliver both consistent income and capital appreciation. The fund achieves this by concentrating on a significant, enduring growth trend in the market: the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. It strategically allocates capital across an expanding array of technologies and industries that are leveraging these disruptive innovations. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. serves as the primary investment advisor, with Voya Investment Management Co. LLC fulfilling the role of its designated subadvisor.
CEF Explorer research page for Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund. Figures carry their own dates and sources; a discount to NAV does not guarantee convergence or any return. This is not investment advice.