profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund
$10.20-0.49% today
-16.3% in 1 year
1-year low $9.901-year high $12.18
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average.
0%20% a year
You pay $14.31 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 California Quality Municipal Income Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$20.9 million in 2022 to -$113 million in 2025, with -$118 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$128M
Free cash flow 2025$136M
Bought back its own shares$18M
Paid as dividends$128M
Cash vs. debt$0 vs. $5M
Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund vs. similar companies
Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund | 14.3× · Cheap | ||
 PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 8.7× · Cheap | ||
 Reaves Utility Income Fund | 4.1× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 38.0× · Expensive | ||
 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 7.0× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -21 | -281 | 117 | -113 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -27 | -287 | 111 | -118 | |
| -0.19 | -1.98 | 0.77 | -0.82 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 129.0% | 102.0% | 95.5% | 104.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,481 | 3,048 | 3,092 | 2,844 |
| Cash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total debt | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total liabilities | 1,300 | 1,236 | 1,236 | 1,233 |
| 2,181 | 1,812 | 1,856 | 1,611 | |
| 142 | 145 | 145 | 144 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -1.2% | -15.8% | 6.0% | -7.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 142 | 67 | 136 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 99 | 142 | 67 | 136 | |
| Dividends paid | 95 | 85 | 66 | 128 |
| – | 50 | 45 | 18 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 14.3×
- –
- –
- 1.1×
- 13.7×
- 23.7×
- –
- 4.2%
- 7.0%
- 7.5%
Profitability
- 86.2%
- -56.7%
- 95.5%
- -56.7%
- -2.5%
- -1.6%
- -7.3%
- -4.2%
- -2.5%
- –
Growth
- −0.8%
- –
- −72.6%
- +6.9%
- +0.2%
Financial health
- -17.3×
- 0.75
- 42.6%
- -1.5×
- 1.92
- 1.92
- 0.04
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.
Bottom 5%of 748
Bottom 3%of 603
Bottom 49%of 873
Bottom 20%of 883
Bottom 48%of 933
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 11, 2024 | 0.30 | – | – |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 0.76 | – | – |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 0.01 | – | – |
| Feb 28, 2023 | -0.25 | – | – |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 1.00 | – | – |
| May 6, 2022 | 1.00 | – | – |
| Nov 5, 2021 | 1.00 | – | – |
| May 17, 2021 | 1.00 | – | – |
7.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$75a year at today's yield, before tax
+6.9%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.94 in 2015 → $0.88 in 2025
How safe it looks
59.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 97.8%
News
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
1/7Passes 1 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
40No pass
Benjamin Graham
66Pass
Philip Fisher
53No pass
Peter Lynch
54No pass
Joel Greenblatt
20No pass
Charlie Munger
48No pass
Terry Smith
40No pass
Questions about Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund
Is Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 1 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 California Quality Municipal Income Fund AI analysis
What does Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund do?
Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It is in Asset Management - Income.
Does Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.5% a year, about 59% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $128 million in dividends.
Is Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund stock halal?
No. Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 16.3% over the past twelve months, to $10.20. It traded between $9.90 and $12.18 and is 16.3% below its high.
Who are Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.