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CEV Income Quality Score

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV) has an Income Quality Score of 55/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV) 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
55/100
Question MarkHigh confidence
Asset Type
CEF
Exchange
AMEX
Trailing Yield (TTM)
Not published
No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.
Rank in CEF Universe
156 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
June 30, 2026
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CEVEaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust
55Question 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
32/100
Working Capital Preservation
57/100
Distribution Cut Score
40/100
Distribution Trend
50/100
NAV CAGR
96/100

What is working

  • Stable NAV over available history

What to watch

  • Distributions exceed long-term total return
  • 1–2 years with a material annual distribution decline

Distribution Safety

12Years raised
2Years cut
28Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19990.1913Held
  2. 20000.7184Raised
  3. 20010.7502Raised
  4. 20020.9394Raised
  5. 20030.9696Raised
  6. 20041.0236Raised
  7. 20050.8744Lower total
  8. 20060.7301Lower total
  9. 20070.6708Lower total
  10. 20080.6745Held
  11. 20090.7964Raised
  12. 20100.884Raised
  13. 20110.8856Held
  14. 20120.8334Lower total
  15. 20130.7935Lower total
  16. 20140.7524Lower total
  17. 20150.7281Lower total
  18. 20160.5915Lower total
  19. 20170.4879Cut
  20. 20180.4702Lower total
  21. 20190.5327Raised
  22. 20200.5482Raised
  23. 20210.5652Raised
  24. 20220.5226Lower total
  25. 20230.4278Cut
  26. 20240.5604Raised
  27. 20250.6Raised
  28. 20260.3Partial 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.