Is TPVG a Friend, Question Mark or Foe?

TPVG 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 TPVG 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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TPVG Income Quality Score

Name: TPVG Income Quality Score
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TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (TPVG) has an Income Quality Score of 31/100, classified as a Foe with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (TPVG) 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 7 quality, distribution and risk signals

Clear classificationFriends to own. Foes to avoid.

IQ Score

31/100

FoeHigh confidence

Asset Type

BDC

Exchange

NYSE

Trailing Yield (TTM)

19.1%

Rank in BDC Universe

37 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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TPVGTriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp.

31FoeHigh confidence

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

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

26/100

Distribution Cut Score

40/100

Distribution Trend

28/100

Total Return

46/100

Max Drawdown

0/100

Volatility

0/100

Yield Consistency

100/100

What to watch

Distributions exceed long-term total return
drawdown severe
1–2 years with a material annual distribution decline

Flags & gates

Deep Unrecovered Drawdown
High Volatility

Distribution Safety

5Years raised

2Years cut

13Years of data

CutCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

20141.22Held
20151.44Raised
20161.44Held
20171.44Held
20181.54Raised
20191.44Lower total
20201.54Raised
20211.44Lower total
20221.55Raised
20231.6Raised
20241.4Cut
20251.08Cut
20260.46Partial 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.