Is GLV a Friend, Question Mark or Foe?

GLV 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 GLV 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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GLV Income Quality Score

Name: GLV Income Quality Score
Creator: Income Quality Score
Keywords: GLV income quality, GLV dividend quality, GLV dividend safety, GLV distribution history, GLV dividend score, GLV analysis, Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund dividend

Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund (GLV) has an Income Quality Score of 27/100, classified as a Foe with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund (GLV) is a closed-end fund 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 4 quality, distribution and risk signals

Clear classificationFriends to own. Foes to avoid.

IQ Score

27/100

FoeHigh confidence

Asset Type

CEF

Exchange

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Trailing Yield (TTM)

Not published

No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.

Rank in CEF Universe

351 of 358

Lookback

10-year

Data as of

June 30, 2026

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About this snapshot
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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GLVClough Global Dividend and Income Fund

27FoeHigh confidence

Snapshot: 2026-06
Data as of: 2026-06-30
Lookback: 10-year
Asset type: Closed-End Fund

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

Working Capital Preservation

60/100

Distribution Cut Score

10/100

Distribution Trend

54/100

What is working

Working capital preserved over time

What to watch

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

Flags & gates

Yield Trap
Chronic Dist Cuts

Distribution Safety

5Years raised

3Years cut

23Years of data

HeldCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

20040.3Held
20052.35Raised
20062.15Lower total
20072.45Raised
20081.24Lower total
20091.12Lower total
20101.2Raised
20111.2Held
20121.2Held
20131.2Held
20141.56Raised
20151.44Lower total
20161.356Lower total
20171.3339Lower total
20181.3694Raised
20191.2232Cut
20201.2096Lower total
20211.1604Lower total
20221.0872Lower total
20230.7164Cut
20240.6312Cut
20250.6312Held
20260.3396Partial 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.