Is GECC a Friend, Question Mark or Foe?

GECC 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 GECC 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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GECC Income Quality Score

Name: GECC Income Quality Score
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Great Elm Capital Corp. (GECC) has an Income Quality Score of 20/100, classified as a Foe with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Great Elm Capital Corp. (GECC) is a business development company (BDC) and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of June 30, 2026Lookback: 10-year

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Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis

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

Clear classificationFriends to own. Foes to avoid.

IQ Score

20/100

FoeHigh confidence

Asset Type

BDC

Exchange

NASDAQ

Trailing Yield (TTM)

27.9%

Rank in BDC Universe

43 of 44

Lookback

10-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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GECCGreat Elm Capital Corp.

20FoeHigh confidence

Snapshot: 2026-06
Data as of: 2026-06-30
Lookback: 10-year
Asset type: Business Development Company

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

21/100

Distribution Trend

52/100

Total Return

0/100

Max Drawdown

0/100

Volatility

31/100

Yield Consistency

81/100

What to watch

Weak long-term total return
Distributions exceed long-term total return
drawdown severe
yield unsupported

Flags & gates

Yield Trap
Negative Total Return
Deep Unrecovered Drawdown

Distribution Safety

5Years raised

0Years cut

11Years of data

DownCurrent trend

20160.166Held
20170.996Raised
20180.996Held
20191.046Raised
20201.162Raised
20210.4Lower total
20221.95Raised
20231.5Lower total
20241.8Raised
20251.48Lower total
20260.779Partial 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.