Is CCIF a Friend, Question Mark or Foe?

CCIF is classified a Foe under the Income Quality Score framework, based on long-duration distribution and total-return history. This is a research classification, not investment advice.

How safe is the CCIF distribution?

A Foe is an income asset whose long-term distributions have historically outrun its economic total return, or whose distribution or working capital has eroded over time. It describes a weak historical income-quality record — it is not a prediction or a recommendation to sell.

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CCIF Income Quality Score

Name: CCIF Income Quality Score
Creator: Income Quality Score
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Carlyle Credit Income Fund (CCIF) has an Income Quality Score of 23/100, classified as a Foe with medium confidence, based on a 5-year income and total-return history.

Carlyle Credit Income Fund (CCIF) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 7, 2026Lookback: 5-year

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Long-term focused5-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

23/100

FoeMedium confidence

Asset Type

CEF

Exchange

NYSE

Trailing Yield (TTM)

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Rank in CEF Universe

261 of 263

Lookback

5-year

Data as of

July 7, 2026

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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.

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IQ Signal Scores

5 quality, distribution and risk signals combined into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage

0/100

Working Capital Preservation

32/100

Distribution Cut Score

100/100

Distribution Trend

36/100

NAV CAGR

0/100

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IQ Score History

IQ Score trajectory since 2023

CCIF's IQ Score has 70 recorded points from 2023-05-31 to 2026-07-07, most recently 23, ranging between 23 and 48 over the period. Over that window CCIF recorded 9 classification changes. The chart above plots the score against the methodology's Friend and Foe thresholds and overlays a base-100 normalised price line for capital-preservation context.

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CCIF distribution history & safety

Across 8 years of distribution data (2019–2026), CCIF recorded 5 annual increases and no distribution cuts. Distribution stability is a core IQ Score signal — a long record free of cuts supports a stronger classification, while repeated cuts weaken it. Per-year figures are shown in the panel above.

Annual increases

2019–2026

Distribution cuts

2019–2026

Years of data

2019–2026

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Trailing yield (TTM)

As of snapshot

Declining

Distribution trend

Over available history

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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.