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

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $4.77, market value $656 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 17.0×** (5-yr avg 9.5×, 3-yr avg 9.5×). Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 17.0× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 9.5×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 6.5×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 6.5×.
- **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: 12.7%** (5-yr avg 17.6%). Free cash flow equals 12.7% of the market value, below its five-year average of 17.6%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 5.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 97.6%**. 97.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 12.2%**. 12.2% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 7.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 7.4% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 148.9%**. Revenue grew 148.9% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 157.1%**. Earnings per share rose 157.1%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $277,536**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 12.45%** ($0.65 per share, trailing). Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 12.45%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 88%** (104% of free cash flow). 88% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 3**. 3 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -8.7%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -2.3%** (YTD 2.2%, 3-mo 1.7%). The shares are down 2.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -13.3%** (3.2% above the low). Trading 13% 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): 50**. An RSI of 50 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.26** (volatility 11%). Beta of 0.26 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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