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Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund

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Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund

NEA·NYSE·Unknown·CIK 0001195737

Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund that invests in the United States fixed income markets. Co-managed by Nuveen Asset Management, LLC and Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, the fund primarily focuses on undervalued municipal bonds that are exempt from federal income taxes, including the alternative minimum tax. It seeks to invest in securities rated Baa/BBB or better by S&P, Moody's, or Fitch. The fund's investment portfolio includes various industries such as transportation, healthcare, utilities, housing/multifamily, and water and sewer. Formed on November 21, 2002, the fund was formerly known as Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund.

Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NEA) is a publicly traded company in the Unknown sector. Wiseek has independently scored 2 items for NEA at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-05-01, rated 8/10. Across its 2 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 2 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for NEA spans N-23C-2, 8-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund Files Notice to Potentially Redeem Up to $992M in Preferred Shares
  • Nuveen AMT-Free Fund Extends $489.5M Preferred Share Redemption to 2056, Bolstering Capital Structure

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.87 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 2,750,725 shares in NEA as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 21.1% increase from the prior period — about 1.9 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 68.0% of NEA volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)2,750,725 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 21.1%
Days to cover1.87 at avg daily volume of 1,474,489
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)68.0% of 1,549,618 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume37.9%

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 NEA, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-10-02.

2 recent capital raises

Use of Proceeds Updated · Investment Timeline

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

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$10.09
52-week range · as of 2026-05-01 $10.09 – $11.9
Market cap
$3.05B
Volume
2.8M (1.4× avg)
3-mo avg 2M
Live data · 2026-10-03 18:06 UTC · Market closed

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NEA
May 01, 2026, 1:26 PM EDT
Filing Type: N-23C-2
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.47
Real-time Price: $10.09 info
Change: -$1.38 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $3.048B info
NEA
Mar 06, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.67
Real-time Price: $10.09 info
Change: -$1.58 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $3.048B info
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