profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
$16.82-0.47% today
+6.7% in 1 year
1-year low $14.111-year high $17.27
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $6.13 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$47.2 million in 2022 to $46.8 million in 2025, with $46.6 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund vs. similar companies
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund | 6.1× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -47 | 41 | 57 | 47 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -47 | 41 | 57 | 47 | |
| -2.96 | 2.52 | 3.44 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 100.4% | 99.5% | 99.6% | 99.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 195 | 214 | 259 | 289 |
| Cash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total debt | – | – | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 194 | 214 | 259 | 288 | |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -24.5% | 19.0% | 21.9% | 16.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 6.1×
- –
- –
- 1.0×
- 6.1×
- –
- –
- 0.0%
- 16.3%
- 7.9%
Profitability
- 58.6%
- 197.3%
- 99.5%
- 197.3%
- 16.2%
- 11.1%
- 16.8%
- 16.2%
- 16.2%
- –
Growth
- +7.2%
- –
- –
- +6.7%
- +1.5%
Financial health
- -0.0×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- –
- –
- –
- 0.08
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 13%of 768
Top 12%of 881
Bottom 43%of 880
Bottom 28%of 926
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.91 | – | – |
| Apr 11, 2025 | 1.39 | – | – |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 2.07 | – | – |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 0.71 | – | – |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 1.81 | – | – |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 0.07 | – | – |
| Jun 29, 2022 | 1.00 | – | – |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 2.33 | – | – |
7.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$79a year at today's yield, before tax
+6.7%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$2.75 in 2015 → $1.28 in 2025
How safe it looks
0.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
SPDR Nuveen Barclays Short Term Municipal Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.1082Seeking Alpha · Nov 2, 2026Nuveen Core Plus Impact Fund declares $0.0895 dividendSeeking Alpha · Oct 6, 2026Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund declares $0.1335 dividendSeeking Alpha · Oct 6, 2026Nuveen New York AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund declares $0.0655 dividendSeeking Alpha · Oct 6, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
43No pass
Benjamin Graham
69Pass
Philip Fisher
59No pass
Peter Lynch
74Pass
Joel Greenblatt
54No pass
Charlie Munger
61Pass
Terry Smith
46No pass
Questions about Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
Is Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund AI analysis
What does Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund do?
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, and INTECH Investment Management. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It is in Asset Management.
Does Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.9% a year.
Is Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund stock halal?
Yes. Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund stock done over the past year?
Up 6.7% over the past twelve months, to $16.82. It traded between $14.11 and $17.27 and is 2.6% below its high.
Who are Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.