Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest (JQC)

FairStock Score: 57/100 — STEADY

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

As an old-fashioned value investor, I start with what the thing is: a closed-end fund investing in senior secured and second-lien loans, preferreds, convertibles and related instruments, run by Symphony Asset Management. That is a credit business, not a franchise with a wide moat; its fortunes depend on credit selection and the cycle. The figures are mixed. At the close on 2026-10-13, the price was $4.57, market cap $707.1M, and FairStock’s P/B was 0.83, so the market values it below book. The FairStock Graham Number is $5.89, giving a 22.41% margin of safety, and the 12.67% dividend yield is eye-catching. Beta is only 0.37, which suggests low sensitivity to the broad market. But quality is questionable. FairStock’s P/E is 16.32, ROE is 5.98%, ROCE is 4.24%, and D/E is 0.61. More troubling, the Piotroski F-Score is 1/9 and Altman Z-Score is 0.35—both weak by those yardsticks. The FairStock score is 57/100. Growth cannot be judged: revenue and profit growth are N/A and the Lynch category is “none” because only 0 years of filed results exist, needing three. A high yield near a 52-week low ($4.56–$5.18 range) can signal opportunity or distress. I would want evidence that distributions are covered and credit losses are contained before trusting the discount.

In plain English: Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund is a closed-end fund that invests mostly in loans and other credit securities. Its business looks only so-so: returns on its capital are modest and its financial-strength signals are weak, even though the shares sell for less than the value of its assets. The price looks cheap compared with assets, but the very high income payout and weak health scores mean it is not a clear bargain.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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