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Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund

Financial Services · Asset Management - Income

$17.21

Up+$0.20 (+1.18%)

Updated Nov 5, 2026, 12:30 PM

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Market cap
471.44M
P/E ratio
9.2
Dividend yield
12.62%
52-week range
$16.55 – $19.47
Volume
37.95K
Avg. volume
78.63K

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Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred&Income is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and total return. The fund invests a majority of its assets in variable-rate preferred securities and other variable-rate income-producing securities. The rest of its investments can be made in contingent capital securities or contingent convertible securities, convertible securities, corporate debt securities, U.S. government securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, fixed-rate preferred securities, senior loans and loan participations and assignments, sovereign debt instruments, debt securities issued by supranational agencies, and/or taxable and tax-exempt municipal bonds.

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SeekingAlpha · Jun 11, 2026

NPFD: Rising Rates May Increase Risk Profile

Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund (NPFD) CEF outlook: 10% yield seen as unsustainable amid rate-hike risk, leverage and NAV pressure. See more.

SeekingAlpha · Dec 9, 2025

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