Is CION a Friend, Question Mark or Foe?

CION is classified a Question Mark 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 CION distribution?

A Question Mark is an income asset with a mixed or incomplete quality record — some income-quality signals are strong while others are weak, or the available history is too short to classify with confidence. It warrants a closer look rather than a conclusion.

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CION Income Quality Score

Name: CION Income Quality Score
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CION Investment Corporation (CION) has an Income Quality Score of 39/100, classified as a Question Mark with medium confidence, based on a 5-year income and total-return history.

CION Investment Corporation (CION) is a business development company (BDC) and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of June 30, 2026Lookback: 5-year

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Long-term focused5-year income and total-return analysis

Data-drivenObjective scoring across 6 quality, distribution and risk signals

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IQ Score

39/100

Question MarkMedium confidence

Asset Type

BDC

Exchange

NYSE

Trailing Yield (TTM)

28.7%

Rank in BDC Universe

31 of 44

Lookback

5-year

Data as of

June 30, 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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CIONCION Investment Corporation

39Question MarkMedium confidence

Snapshot: 2026-06
Data as of: 2026-06-30
Lookback: 5-year
Asset type: Business Development Company

IQ Score History

Reconstructed monthly scores are computed from current data and methodology. Published snapshots are the frozen monthly releases, marked on the line. Where the methodology changed, the line is broken rather than joined across the change.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

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

Economic Payout Coverage

13/100

Distribution Trend

70/100

Total Return

36/100

Max Drawdown

54/100

Volatility

57/100

Yield Consistency

59/100

What to watch

Distributions exceed long-term total return
yield unsupported

Flags & gates

Yield Trap
Deep Unrecovered Drawdown

Distribution Safety

2Years raised

0Years cut

6Years of data

DownCurrent trend

20210.6364Held
20221.45Raised
20231.61Raised
20241.52Lower total
20251.44Lower total
20260.6Partial 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.

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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.