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DSM Income Quality Score

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (DSM) has an Income Quality Score of 36/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (DSM) 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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IQ Score
36/100
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
302 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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DSMBNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
36Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-07
Data as of
2026-07-31
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updatedMethodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-072026-072026-07-17 · 38.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-20 · 37.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-21 · 37.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-22 · 37.3 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-23 · 36.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-24 · 37.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-27 · 36.8 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-28 · 36.8 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-29 · 36.7 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-30 · 36.4 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-31 · 36.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v3-direct-dist6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-07

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
26/100
Working Capital Preservation
56/100
Distribution Cut Score
10/100
Distribution Trend
84/100

What is working

  • Distributions growing year-over-year

What to watch

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

Flags & gates

  • Chronic Dist Cuts

Distribution Safety

8Years raised
4Years cut
37Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19900.66Held
  2. 19910.72Raised
  3. 19920.72Held
  4. 19930.72Held
  5. 19940.72Held
  6. 19950.65Lower total
  7. 19960.6Lower total
  8. 19970.72Raised
  9. 19980.61Lower total
  10. 19990.6Held
  11. 20000.5901Held
  12. 20010.5604Lower total
  13. 20020.5604Held
  14. 20030.6077Raised
  15. 20040.612Held
  16. 20050.58Lower total
  17. 20060.516Lower total
  18. 20070.4985Lower total
  19. 20080.466Lower total
  20. 20090.4685Held
  21. 20100.5475Raised
  22. 20110.57Raised
  23. 20120.6175Raised
  24. 20130.57Lower total
  25. 20140.614Raised
  26. 20150.498Lower total
  27. 20160.498Held
  28. 20170.498Held
  29. 20180.4265Cut
  30. 20190.415Lower total
  31. 20200.36Cut
  32. 20210.36Held
  33. 20220.344Lower total
  34. 20230.244Cut
  35. 20240.216Cut
  36. 20250.251Raised
  37. 20260.187Partial 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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