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LEO Income Quality Score

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (LEO) 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 Municipals, Inc. (LEO) 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
305 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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LEOBNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, 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 · 38.1 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-20 · 37.7 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-21 · 37.4 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-22 · 37.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-23 · 36.7 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-24 · 36.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-27 · 36.8 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-28 · 36.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-29 · 36.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-30 · 36.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-31 · 36.2 · 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
27/100
Working Capital Preservation
56/100
Distribution Cut Score
10/100
Distribution Trend
78/100

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
40Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19870.122Held
  2. 19880.777Raised
  3. 19890.805Raised
  4. 19900.887Raised
  5. 19910.78Lower total
  6. 19920.766Lower total
  7. 19930.721Lower total
  8. 19940.729Held
  9. 19950.697Lower total
  10. 19960.672Lower total
  11. 19970.627Lower total
  12. 19980.618Held
  13. 19990.572Lower total
  14. 20000.552Lower total
  15. 20010.577Raised
  16. 20020.693Raised
  17. 20030.72Raised
  18. 20040.621Lower total
  19. 20050.557Lower total
  20. 20060.508Lower total
  21. 20070.504Held
  22. 20080.504Held
  23. 20090.511Held
  24. 20100.588Raised
  25. 20110.588Held
  26. 20120.588Held
  27. 20130.588Held
  28. 20140.582Held
  29. 20150.516Lower total
  30. 20160.516Held
  31. 20170.516Held
  32. 20180.428Cut
  33. 20190.42Held
  34. 20200.42Held
  35. 20210.41Held
  36. 20220.346Cut
  37. 20230.256Cut
  38. 20240.228Cut
  39. 20250.256Raised
  40. 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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