Clough Global Equity Fund owns company shares in the United States and overseas. Dividends contribute cash, while its main investment result comes from what happens to the shares it selects.
Business
Global equity CEF
Listing
GLQ · NYSE American
Reporting period
2026-04-30
Dividend schedule
Monthly
How the business works
Portfolio dividends after expenses contribute to net investment income. Realized gains, losses and stock-price changes affect net asset value outside that income line.
Distribution yield11.05%Sourced distributions divided by dated market priceReported annual income yield-1.27%Reported net investment income $-0.1000 per share for 2024-11-01 to 2025-10-31, divided by approved 2025-10-31 market price $7.8600. Excludes capital gains; historical, not a current yield or forecast.Reported annual investment income$-0.10Per share for 2025 FY. Excludes investment gains.Annual dividend$0.87Current regular payment annualized per share
Cash distributions and reported returns
Cash distributions are the total paid per share during each reporting period, including any gains or return of capital. Period lengths may differ, so compare the dates before comparing amounts. Short periods are not annualized.
NAV change excludes distributions. Reported NAV total return includes reinvestment and is copied from the fund statement, not estimated by adding cash distributions to the NAV change.
How to read GLQ income
Dividends received after fund expenses help explain recurring income. Realized gains and return of capital are separate sources of distributions.
Watch dividend changes in the holdings and NAV over time. A high distribution rate does not guarantee stable capital.
Income and distributions
Income and cash distributions per share for the same dated periods. Shorter periods are kept separate and are not annualized. Dividends received after fund expenses help explain recurring income. Realized gains and return of capital are separate sources of distributions.
Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized−$0.0600
$-0.10$0.00
For the six months ended April 30, 2026, GLQ reported a $0.06 net investment income loss and $0.42 of distributions per share. Net asset value rose from $8.95 to $9.26. This payment cannot be assessed from ordinary income alone; the equity result and distribution components supply the missing context.
Portfolio dividends and interest, realized investment results and any option activity contribute to distribution resources after expenses. A declared distribution can include gains or return of capital as well as investment income; its amount is not an earnings figure.
The earnings available to shareholders depend on the cash generated by these activities after operating and financing costs. Portfolio gains, financing proceeds and recurring income should be evaluated separately.
The portfolio information checked September 11, 2026 reports effective leverage of 33.41%.
Financing can increase earning assets, but its cost reduces income available to common shareholders. When borrowing costs rise or portfolio income falls, the distribution can become harder to sustain.
Clough Global Equity Fund reported $-0.0600 per share for 2025-11-01 through 2026-04-30, measured as Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized.
Actual per-share reporting period, without annualisation. Net investment income, realized gains, unrealized changes and cash distributions are different measures. This comparison is not the Fly High forward Dividend Coverage Ratio.
Losses or weaker cash generation in U.S. and international equities can reduce the resources available for future distributions.
Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.
A maintained payment can exceed investment results. Review NAV and reported income together rather than treating distribution yield as total return.
Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.
Read the next like-length stock and cash results with realized gains, payment components and net asset value.
Net asset value (NAV)
NAV per share$8.62Sep 29, 2026Market price$7.54Sep 29, 2026PREMIUM / DISCOUNT TO NAV12.53% discountCalculated from the displayed same-date values.
NAV is the fund's assets minus liabilities, divided by shares outstanding. All values are USD per share.
CEFConnect current common-share NAV and closing market price, both dated 2026-09-29. The published premium or discount agrees with the calculation within source rounding. Older audited NAV history remains unchanged.
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U.S. federal · Tax year 2025
Dividend tax treatment
GLQ's 2025 distributions were all return of capital.
Ordinary, nonqualified
0%
Qualified dividends
0%
Capital-gain distributions
0%
Return of capital
100%
Tax year: 2025. Total distributions: $0.78 per share.
Tax details and source
Total ordinary dividends (includes qualified)
0%
Section 199A portion (within ordinary dividends)
Not confirmed
Exempt-interest distributions
0%
Reporting form
Form 1099-DIV
Source date
2026-01-13
Qualified dividends are included in total ordinary dividends. Section 199A is a separate designation within ordinary dividends, not extra income or qualified dividend income.
Your account type, holding period and circumstances affect treatment. Use your broker’s tax statement for filing. Return of capital generally reduces cost basis; amounts beyond basis can be taxable. IRS dividend guidance.
