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Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund (BXMX)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Chicago, United States |
USD
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | April 19, 2026, 2:13 a.m. UTC

Despite an 8.2% yield and recent gains hitting 52-week highs, BXMX's long-term investment value is compromised by its imminent delisting from the NYSE and the hidden risks of its buy-write strategy, suggesting it should be viewed strictly as a transition vehicle for income until the merger is fully resolved.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.018301
AutoETS0.018429
AutoARIMA0.018429
AutoTheta0.021450

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 20%
H-stat 88.75
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.001
Excess Kurtosis 0.54
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-13
Last Dividend Date 2025-12-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 1.486
Revenue per Share 0.2
Market Cap 1,381,231,744
Trailing P/E 6.63
Beta 0.80
Profit Margins 1002.33%
Website https://www.nuveen.com/CEF/Product/Overview.aspx?FundCode=BXMX

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.92% 6.00% 7.63% 8.13%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-15 0.272500 1.921721
2025-09-15 0.272500 1.961634
2025-06-13 0.272500 2.112705
2025-03-14 0.272500 2.230222
2024-12-13 0.272500 2.120618
2024-09-13 0.236500 1.950937
2024-06-14 0.236500 1.992989
2024-03-14 0.236500 2.088023
2023-12-14 0.236500 2.174520
2023-09-14 0.236500 2.175605
2023-06-14 0.236500 2.155498
2023-03-14 0.236500 2.258890
2022-12-14 0.236500 2.277967
2022-09-14 0.236500 2.243342
2022-06-14 0.236500 2.457244
2022-03-14 0.236500 2.446335
2021-12-14 0.215000 2.019461
2021-09-14 0.215000 2.010571
2021-06-14 0.215000 2.055564
2021-03-12 0.215000 2.314082
2020-12-14 0.215000 2.443811
2020-09-14 0.215000 2.755143
2020-06-12 0.215000 2.929016
2020-03-12 0.232500 3.742320
2019-12-12 0.232500 2.627037
2019-09-12 0.232500 2.803366
2019-06-13 0.232500 2.862462
2019-03-14 0.232500 2.922791
2018-12-13 0.245000 3.179509
2018-09-13 0.245000 2.877680
2018-06-14 0.245000 2.943352
2018-03-14 0.250000 3.224149
2017-12-14 0.228500 2.938467
2017-09-14 0.228500 3.044530
2017-06-13 0.228500 2.996388
2017-03-13 0.228500 3.230361
2016-12-13 0.228500 3.437113
2016-09-13 0.228500 3.418493
2016-06-13 0.238000 3.694526
2016-03-11 0.238000 3.810672
2015-12-11 0.249000 3.939587
2015-09-11 0.249000 4.210213
2015-06-11 0.249000 4.154236
2015-03-11 0.249000 4.125450
2014-12-10 0.249000 4.360484
2014-09-11 0.249000 4.349527
2014-06-11 0.249000 4.426673
2014-03-12 0.249000 4.693836
2013-12-11 0.271000 5.296736
2013-09-11 0.271000 5.409782
2013-06-12 0.271000 5.498657
2013-03-13 0.271000 5.416401
2012-12-12 0.271000 5.882834
2012-09-12 0.271000 5.822133
2012-06-13 0.271000 6.323405
2012-03-13 0.271000 6.265319
2011-12-13 0.271000 7.033971
2011-09-13 0.285000 7.602582
2011-06-13 0.303000 7.500803
2011-03-11 0.542976 13.324149
2010-12-13 0.541529 13.341218
2010-09-13 0.292698 7.505743
2010-06-11 0.320000 8.989420
2010-03-11 0.332064 8.867058
2009-12-11 0.320000 9.115341
2009-09-11 0.171864 5.214292
2009-06-11 0.171864 6.047533
2009-03-11 0.049364 2.230580
2008-12-11 0.169686 6.498112
2008-09-11 0.205680 5.619821
2008-06-11 0.205680 5.222920
2008-03-12 0.205680 5.448309
2007-12-12 0.262820 6.669584
2007-09-12 0.262820 6.310706
2007-06-13 0.262820 5.956560
2007-03-13 0.087606 2.013490
2007-02-13 0.087606 1.959006
2007-01-10 0.087606 1.968919
2006-12-13 0.071000 1.583010
2006-11-13 0.071000 1.647081
2006-10-11 0.071000 1.620133
2006-09-13 0.071000 1.632182
2006-08-11 0.071000 1.684730
2006-07-12 0.071000 1.793905
2006-06-13 0.071000 1.824417
2006-05-11 0.071000 1.761740
2006-04-11 0.071000 1.732597
2006-03-13 0.071000 1.705438
2006-02-13 0.071000 1.741161
2006-01-11 0.071000 1.755668
2005-12-13 0.066800 1.787668
2005-11-10 0.066800 1.581689
2005-10-12 0.066800 1.516367
2005-09-13 0.066800 1.479863
2005-08-11 0.066800 1.481785
2005-07-13 0.066800 1.488022
2005-06-13 0.066800 1.514250
2005-05-11 0.066800 1.537461
2005-04-13 0.066800 1.547993
2005-03-11 0.066800 1.514378
2005-02-11 0.066800 1.495866
2005-01-12 0.066800 1.545385
2004-12-15 0.142000 3.295962
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.09
dividendYield 0.082200006
exDividendDate 2026-03-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.09
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.08050222
lastDividendValue 0.2725
lastDividendDate 2025-12-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.1285106
Address1 333 West Wacker Drive
All Time High 21.1
All Time Low 7.77
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 40,000
Average Daily Volume10 Day 108,398
Average Volume 111,645
Average Volume10Days 108,398
Beta 0.799
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 10,000
Book Value 16.094
City Chicago
Country United States
Currency USD
Current Price 13.26
Current Ratio 1.31
Date Short Interest 1,773,360,000
Day High 13.45
Day Low 13.25
Debt To Equity 1.486
Dividend Rate 1.09
Dividend Yield 0.082200006
Earnings Growth 0.866
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.866
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 67.447
Enterprise Value 1,406,135,936
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Timezone Name UTC
Fifty Day Average 14.4542
Fifty Two Week High 15.0
Fifty Two Week Low 11.2531
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Epoch Utc 1,098,797,400
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 6.96
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 20,847,934
Held Percent Insiders 0.0
Held Percent Institutions 0.32206002
Implied Shares Outstanding 104,165,286
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Last Dividend Date 1,765,756,800
Last Dividend Value 0.2725
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund is a closed-ended equity indexed mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. It is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Gateway Investment Advisers, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund also invests through index call options. It seeks to replicate the performance of the S&P 500 Index by investing in proportion to their weighting in the index. The fund was formerly known as Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund. Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund was formed on July 23, 2004 and domiciled in the United States.
Long Name Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund
Market Cap 1,381,231,744
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_11328828
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 208,965,248
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,381,231,692
Open 13.43
Operating Margins 0.28378
Payout Ratio 0.545
Phone 312 917 7700
Previous Close 13.54
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8239096
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 66.25269
Profit Margins 10.02331
Quick Ratio 0.111
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Regular Market Day High 13.45
Regular Market Day Low 13.25
Regular Market Open 13.43
Regular Market Previous Close 13.54
Regular Market Volume 132,729
Return On Assets 0.00252
Return On Equity 0.1283
Revenue Growth -0.103
Revenue Per Share 0.2
Sand P52 Week Change 0.3140242
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 104,165,286
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0004
Shares Short 38,830
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,770,940,800
Shares Short Prior Month 57,520
Short Name Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income
Short Percent Of Float 0.0004
Short Ratio 0.61
State IL
Symbol BXMX
Time Zone Full Name America/New_York
Time Zone Short Name EDT
Total Cash 585
Total Cash Per Share 0.0
Total Debt 24,904,816
Total Revenue 20,847,934
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.09
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.08050222
Trailing Eps 2.0
Trailing P E 6.63
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Two Hundred Day Average 14.3094
Underlying Symbol BXMX
Uuid a68e08a2-36a1-3d5a-bfa1-1e482c6484b8
Volume 132,729
Website https://www.nuveen.com/CEF/Product/Overview.aspx?FundCode=BXMX
Zip 60,606-1220