JFR CEF — Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (JFR)

Updated November 4, 2026.

JFR is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 12.80%, its trailing-12-month yield is 13.19%, its expense ratio is 2.0004%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 76/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 208.3% over the past 22.6 years, 733.8 points behind SPY at 942.1%.

JFR performance versus SPY

As of Nov 4, 2026

Total return is 208.3% over the past 22.6 years, 733.8 points behind SPY at 942.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 4.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 8.2%.

JFR key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

76 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

9.73%

Issuer

Nuveen

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

03/25/2004

Expense ratio

2.0004%

Distribution rate

12.80%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

13.19%

5-year average yield

10.45

Last close

$7.31 (as of 2026-11-04)

NAV

$8.21

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$1,165,404,160

Average volume

432,750

Dividend

$0.078

Ex-dividend date

11/13/2026

Payment date

12/01/2026

Beta

0.402

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (12.80%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (13.19%) 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: Nuveen; 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.

JFR risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 8.2%.

Who may consider JFR — 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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