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BGB Income Quality Score

Blackstone Strategic Credit Fund (BGB) has an Income Quality Score of 37/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Blackstone Strategic Credit Fund (BGB) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 Snapshot · Delayed
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Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis
Data-drivenObjective scoring across 5 quality, distribution and risk signals
Clear classificationFriends to own. Foes to avoid.
IQ Score Delayed
37/100
Question MarkHigh confidence
Asset Type
CEF
Exchange
NYSE
Trailing Yield (TTM)
Not published
No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.
Rank in CEF Universe
308 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
June 30, 2026
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BGBBlackstone Strategic Credit Fund
37Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-06
Data as of
2026-06-30
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

Not enough published history yet to draw a trend.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
33/100
Working Capital Preservation
65/100
Distribution Cut Score
10/100
Distribution Trend
37/100
NAV CAGR
42/100

What is working

  • Working capital preserved over time

What to watch

  • Distributions exceed long-term total return
  • 3+ years with a material annual distribution decline
  • Distributions declining year-over-year

Flags & gates

  • Chronic Dist Cuts

Distribution Safety

4Years raised
6Years cut
15Years of data
CutCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 20120.234Held
  2. 20131.404Raised
  3. 20141.284Lower total
  4. 20151.26Lower total
  5. 20161.344Raised
  6. 20171.155Cut
  7. 20181.506Raised
  8. 20191.337Cut
  9. 20201.095Cut
  10. 20210.894Cut
  11. 20220.778Cut
  12. 20231.21Raised
  13. 20241.133Lower total
  14. 20251.011Cut
  15. 20260.39Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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IQ Score is a long-duration quality and distribution-safety classification for income assets. It is research based on historical data, not personal investment advice, and it does not tell you what to buy or sell. Figures reflect a delayed public snapshot and may differ from current data.