# Nuveen Global High Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (JGH) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $12.41, market value $349 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 10.3×** (5-yr avg 5.9×, 3-yr avg 5.9×). Nuveen Global High Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 10.3× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 5.9×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 10.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 10.1×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -18.7%** (5-yr avg 18.3%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 9.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 9.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.8%**. 98.8% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 8.8%**. 8.8% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 6.1%**. Each dollar of assets produces 6.1% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -13.7%**. Revenue fell 13.7% over the last year.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 10.01%** ($1.24 per share, trailing). Nuveen Global High Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 10.01%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 86%**. 86% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 2.3%/yr** (1-yr 0.1%). The dividend has grown 2.3% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: -7.7%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return -7.7% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 0.3%** (YTD 4.2%, 3-mo -1.1%). The shares are up 0.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -9.4%** (5.2% above the low). Trading 9% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 45**. An RSI of 45 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.36** (volatility 10%). Beta of 0.36 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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