RQI: Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund
Cohen & Steers · CEF - Equity · Tracks VNQ
Growth of $100
Green is what an investor who reinvested every payout would have; red is the price alone. The gap between them is the income. If the red line keeps falling, the payouts are partly your own money coming back.
Was the payout earned?
Over the last year RQI paid 10.2% but returned +8.2% in total, so about 75% of the payout was earned; the rest came back out of the fund's own value (its price fell).
| Earned % (3 months) | below -100% |
| Earned % (1 year) | 75% |
| Earned % (full history, up to 5 yrs) | 0% |
Earned % = total return ÷ payouts. 100% means every dollar paid out was earned; below 100% means part of it came from the fund's own value. This is an economic measure based on market price, not the tax label on the payout.
Where the DT Score comes from
Total 59.0 / 100 · rank #125 of 420. How the score works
Risk
| Sortino ratio (1Y) | 0.28 |
| Sharpe ratio (1Y) | 0.20 |
| Steadiness vs S&P 500 | 79% |
| Beta to S&P 500 | 0.41 |
| Correlation to S&P 500 | 0.32 |
| Max drop (1Y) | -17.5% |
| Max drop (up to 5 yrs) | -41.1% |
| Trend | Mixed |
| History | 5.0 yrs |
Vs. VNQ (what it's built on)
| Upside capture | 105% |
| Downside capture | 109% |
| Capture ratio | 0.96 |
| Beta | 0.97 |
| Correlation | 0.80 |
| Tracking | Loosely |
On days VNQ rose, RQI caught 105% of the gain; on days it fell, RQI took 109% of the loss.
Payout history
Each bar is one payout (last 36 shown). Pays Monthly.
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-09-08 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-08-11 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-07-06 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-06-09 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-05-12 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-04-14 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-03-10 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-02-10 | $0.0900 |
| 2026-01-13 | $0.0900 |
| 2025-12-29 | $0.1300 |
| 2025-12-09 | $0.0800 |
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| Fund | Category | Fwd rate | 12m yield | 1Y total ret. | Earned % 1Y | Upside capt. | Downside capt. | Tracking | DT Score | Momentum | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNTY YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF | Index Covered Call / Option Income | 13.1% | 12.5% | +8.6% | 69% | 74% | 73% | Closely | 64 | 68 | Mixed |
| RNP Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred and Income Fund | CEF - Equity | 9.3% | 8.6% | -0.8% | -30% | 76% | 89% | Loosely | 34 | 49 | Mixed |
About RQI
| Issuer | Cohen & Steers |
| Structure | CEF |
| Category | CEF - Equity |
| Strategy | REIT common/preferred, leveraged |
| Underlying | REITs |
| Exposure | Equity REITs |
| Index linkage | No - active |
| Pays | Monthly |
| Expense ratio | – |
| Launched | 2002 |
| Uses leverage | Yes |
| Upside capped | No |
| Rate sensitivity | High |
| Return of capital common | Yes |
| Tax notes | Mostly ROC/ordinary |
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