PCQ CEF — PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund

PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund (PCQ)

Updated November 12, 2026.

PCQ is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 5.34%, its trailing-12-month yield is 5.78%, its expense ratio is 1.2018%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 48/100 (Caution). Total return is 133.9% over the past 25.4 years, 747.4 points behind SPY at 881.3%.

At the current 5.34% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $534 per year, or $44.50 per month.

PCQ performance versus SPY

As of Nov 12, 2026

Total return is 133.9% over the past 25.4 years, 747.4 points behind SPY at 881.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -5.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 14.8%.

PCQ key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

48 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.56%

Issuer

PIMCO

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

06/27/2001

Expense ratio

1.2018%

Distribution rate

5.34%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

5.78%

5-year average yield

5.05

Last close

$8.09 (as of 2026-11-12)

NAV

$9.55; NAV date unknown

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$454,534,208

Average volume

398,677

Dividend

$0.036

Ex-dividend date

11/13/2026

Payment date

12/01/2026

Beta

0.426

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (5.34%) uses latest regular dividend ($0.036) × 12 ÷ market price dated 2026-11-12; one-off specials excluded; identified recurring supplementals included. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (5.78%) 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: PIMCO; 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.

PCQ risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 14.8%.

Who may consider PCQ — and who may not

PCQ may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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