ACP CEF — Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund

Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP)

Updated November 6, 2026.

ACP is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 15.31%, its trailing-12-month yield is 20.65%, its expense ratio is 2.2054%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 52/100 (Caution). Total return is 62.5% over the past 15.8 years, 580.4 points behind SPY at 642.9%.

ACP performance versus SPY

As of Nov 5, 2026

Total return is 62.5% over the past 15.8 years, 580.4 points behind SPY at 642.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -8.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 18.3%.

ACP key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

52 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

7.96%

Issuer

Aberdeen

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

01/27/2011

Expense ratio

2.2054%

Distribution rate

15.31%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

20.65%

5-year average yield

16.78

Last close

$4.31 (as of 2026-11-06)

NAV

$4.79

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$534,505,120

Average volume

548,846

Dividend

$0.055

Ex-dividend date

10/23/2026

Payment date

10/30/2026

Beta

0.792

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (15.31%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (20.65%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Aberdeen; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ACP risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 18.3%.

Who may consider ACP — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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