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JEQ Income Quality Score

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund Inc (JEQ) has an Income Quality Score of 53/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund Inc (JEQ) 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
53/100
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
165 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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JEQAbrdn Japan Equity Fund Inc
53Question 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
51/100
Working Capital Preservation
69/100
Distribution Cut Score
10/100
Distribution Trend
100/100

What is working

  • Working capital preserved over time
  • Distributions growing year-over-year

What to watch

  • 3+ years with a material annual distribution decline

Flags & gates

  • Stale Prices
  • Chronic Dist Cuts

Distribution Safety

12Years raised
3Years cut
23Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19930.8217Held
  2. 19941.3856Raised
  3. 19950.67Lower total
  4. 19960.655Lower total
  5. 20060.1464Lower total
  6. 20080.042Lower total
  7. 20090.038Held
  8. 20100.11Raised
  9. 20110.052Lower total
  10. 20120.0646Raised
  11. 20130.1486Raised
  12. 20140.0694Lower total
  13. 20150.3059Raised
  14. 20160.3161Raised
  15. 20170.4803Raised
  16. 20180.6504Raised
  17. 20190.259Cut
  18. 20200.4347Raised
  19. 20210.9805Raised
  20. 20220.48Cut
  21. 20230.41Cut
  22. 20240.47Raised
  23. 20250.8044Raised

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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