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CIF Income Quality Score

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF) has an Income Quality Score of 46/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 31, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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Data-drivenObjective scoring across 4 quality, distribution and risk signals
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IQ Score
46/100
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
219 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
July 31, 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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CIFMFS Intermediate High Income Fund
46Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-07
Data as of
2026-07-31
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
31/100
Working Capital Preservation
64/100
Distribution Cut Score
70/100
Distribution Trend
40/100

What is working

  • Working capital preserved over time

What to watch

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

Flags & gates

  • Stale Prices

Distribution Safety

8Years raised
1Years cut
32Years of data
HeldCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19880.295Held
  2. 19891.2Raised
  3. 19901.045Lower total
  4. 19910.78Lower total
  5. 19920.325Lower total
  6. 20000.278Lower total
  7. 20010.533Raised
  8. 20020.356Lower total
  9. 20030.324Lower total
  10. 20040.312Lower total
  11. 20050.346Raised
  12. 20060.304Lower total
  13. 20070.306Held
  14. 20080.33Raised
  15. 20090.258Lower total
  16. 20100.306Raised
  17. 20110.2871Lower total
  18. 20120.269Lower total
  19. 20130.2405Lower total
  20. 20140.22Lower total
  21. 20150.2331Raised
  22. 20160.2558Raised
  23. 20170.2693Raised
  24. 20180.2508Lower total
  25. 20190.241Held
  26. 20200.2288Lower total
  27. 20210.2318Held
  28. 20220.1912Cut
  29. 20230.1724Lower total
  30. 20240.1769Held
  31. 20250.1778Held
  32. 20260.0862Partial 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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