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Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund

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Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund

JPC·NYSE·Unknown·CIK 0001216583

Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund that invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, and NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC. It seeks to invest in securities of companies across diversified sectors, primarily focusing on preferred securities, dividend-paying stocks, and corporate and taxable municipal debt securities. These debt securities must be rated BBB/Baa or better by S&P, Moody's, or Fitch. The fund utilizes fundamental analysis with a top-down stock picking approach to construct its portfolio. Its performance is benchmarked against the BofA/Merrill Lynch Preferred Stock Fixed Rate Index and the JPC Blended Index, which consists of 82.5% BofA/Merrill Lynch Preferred Stock Fixed Rate Index and 17.5% Barclays Capital Securities Index. The fund was formed on March 26, 2003, and is domiciled in the United States.

Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund (NYSE:JPC) is a publicly traded company in the Unknown sector. Wiseek has independently scored 1 item for JPC at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-03-03, rated 7/10. Recent SEC coverage for JPC spans DEF 14A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund Schedules Annual Meeting, Announces Auditor Change and Governance Update

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.18 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 2,114,349 shares in JPC as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 16.1% increase from the prior period — about 1.2 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 47.0% of JPC volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)2,114,349 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 16.1%
Days to cover1.18 at avg daily volume of 1,787,269
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)47.0% of 1,108,636 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume36.7%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for JPC, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-10-02.

2 recent capital raises

Use of Proceeds Amended · Investment Timeline Unchanged

A filing-implied signal, not a realized share count. How Wiseek tracks dilution →

$7.02 +0.11% today
52-week range · as of 2026-03-03 $6.79 – $8.3
Market cap
$2.59B
Volume
1.8M (0.9× avg)
3-mo avg 1.9M
Live data · 2026-10-05 04:23 UTC · Market overnight

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JPC
Mar 03, 2026, 5:30 PM EST
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.14
Real-time Price: $7.02 info
Change: -$1.12 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $2.593B info
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