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Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund

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Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund

NKX·NYSE·Unknown·CIK 0001195738

Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund. It was launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. and is co-managed by Nuveen Asset Management, LLC and Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of California, United States. Its primary focus is on undervalued municipal securities and other related investments. The income generated from these investments is exempt from regular federal and California income taxes. The fund targets securities rated Baa, BBB, or higher, with an average maturity of 20.17 years. It utilizes fundamental analysis with a bottom-up approach to construct its investment portfolio. The fund measures its performance against two benchmarks: the Standard & Poor's (S&P) California Municipal Bond Index and the S&P National Municipal Bond Index. It was previously known as Nuveen California AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund. Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund was established on November 21, 2002, and is based in the United States.

Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:NKX) is a publicly traded company in the Unknown sector. Wiseek has independently scored 2 items for NKX 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 NKX spans N-23C-2, 424B5.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund intends to redeem up to $171.1M in preferred shares
  • Nuveen California AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund Announces Significant Common Share Offering at Premium to NAV

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.00 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 107,224 shares in NKX as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 24.1% decrease from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 55.1% of NKX volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)107,224 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 24.1%
Days to cover1.00 at avg daily volume of 200,007
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)55.1% of 322,239 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume49.2%

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

1 recent capital raise

Use of Proceeds Amended · Distribution Funding Flexibility

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

$10.48 -0.05% today
52-week range · as of 2026-05-01 $10.48 – $13.2
Market cap
$593.18M
Volume
561.8K (2.3× avg)
3-mo avg 246.2K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:50 UTC · Market closed

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NKX
May 01, 2026, 2:27 PM EDT
Filing Type: N-23C-2
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $12.45
Real-time Price: $10.48 info
Change: -$1.97 (-16%) info
Market Cap: $593.179M info
NKX
Jan 16, 2026, 4:10 PM EST
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $12.67
Real-time Price: $10.48 info
Change: -$2.19 (-17%) info
Market Cap: $593.179M info
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