Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund

NYSE:JFR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.1b

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 4/6

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 12.45%. Next payment date is on 2nd June, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 15th May, 2025.

Key information

12.5%

Dividend yield

n/a

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yieldn/a
Future Dividend Yieldn/a
Dividend Growth1.3%
Next dividend pay date02 Jun 25
Ex dividend date15 May 25
Dividend per sharen/a
Payout ratio106%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

JFR: Tactical Buy After The Storm (Rating Upgrade)

Apr 10

CEF Insights: Finding Income & Stability With Senior Loans

Feb 04

JFR: Brace For Weakness Via This Rights Offering

Jan 11

JFR: Interest Rate Cuts Will Pressure Yield, There Are Better Plays (Downgrade)

Oct 18

JFR: Floating Rate Exposure Can Still Have A Place In A Portfolio

Jul 28

JFR: The 11% Yield Is Not Enough To Give A Buy

Jul 09

JFR: Moving This Leveraged Loan Fund To Hold On The Back Of Tight Spreads (Rating Downgrade)

May 28

Nuveen Floating Rate Income: A Discount Means Safety

Feb 26

JFR: Attractive Discount And Fully Covered ~12.7% Distribution Yield

Nov 27

JFR: A Good Fund For High Rates Or A Pair Trade

Oct 09

JFR: Merger Completed, Appealing Fund With A 12% Yield

Aug 02

Nuveen Senior Loan CEFs To Merge

Jul 11

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund declares $0.0745 dividend

Feb 07

JFR: The Thesis Is Holding True For This 10%-Yielding CEF

Jan 10

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund declares $0.0745 dividend

Dec 06

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund increases dividend by 776%

Nov 04

JFR: This Fund Should Benefit From Rising Interest Rates

Oct 19

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund declares $0.066 dividend

Oct 06

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Sep 13

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund declares $0.066 dividend

Jul 07

JFR: Buying Opportunity Is Here

Mar 07

JFR - Leveraged Loan CEF, 6.9% Yield

Oct 03

Upcoming Dividend Payment

TodayMay 09 2025Ex Dividend DateMay 15 2025Dividend Pay DateJun 02 202518 days from Ex DividendBuy in the next 6 days to receive the upcoming dividend

Stability and Growth of Payments

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Stable Dividend: JFR's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: JFR's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.


Dividend Yield vs Market

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund Dividend Yield vs Market
How does JFR dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (JFR)12.5%
Market Bottom 25% (US)1.6%
Market Top 25% (US)4.8%
Industry Average (Capital Markets)2.1%
Analyst forecast (JFR) (up to 3 years)n/a

Notable Dividend: JFR's dividend (12.45%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.6%).

High Dividend: JFR's dividend (12.45%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.81%)


Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its high payout ratio (106.3%), JFR's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.


Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: With its high cash payout ratio (100.8%), JFR's dividend payments are not well covered by cash flows.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/11 09:42
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings2025/01/31
Annual Earnings2024/07/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.