JRO Stock Recent News

Nuveen is set to merge four of its floating rate loan funds: Nuveen Senior Income Fund, Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund, and Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund. This consolidation is seen as beneficial for both Nuveen and shareholders, as it will allow the fund manager to have a unique offering in the leveraged loan space and could result in tighter discounts to NAV. The article discusses potential merger arbitrage opportunities, and provides a roadmap for JRO shareholders in light of the upcoming merger.

As the Fed looks to continue to raise interest rates in 2023, floating rate funds like JRO stand to benefit and offer well-covered high yield income. At a discount to NAV of more than -10% and a monthly distribution of $0.074 yielding 11%, JRO is a Buy.

JRO offers income investors a level monthly distribution that yields 10.5% annually based on the recently raised distribution of $0.074. The JRO fund trades at a discount to NAV and benefits from rising interest rates due to its senior secured loans that are mostly floating rate.