Cohen & Steers Limited Duration is a small closed-end income fund with a quality score of 0.9/10, a downtrend below its 200-day average and a yield flagged as unsafe, offering little beyond income at a tight price range near $18.67.
Thesis pillars
- Weak Fund Quality Metrics→Stable
- Income Fund Yield Profile→Stable
- Downtrend Below 200 Day↑Improving
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Oct 24, 2026
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration (LDP) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup · Inst Constrain edge
Financial Services · Asset Management
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.94: Quality below floor (0.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income fund launched by Cohen & Steers, Inc. The fund is managed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. It invests in fixed income markets across the globe. The fund uses derivatives like... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.94: Quality below floor (0.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 55. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/10 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
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Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.94: Quality below floor (0.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.5/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 55. Prior stop was $18.52. Score 5.5/10, moderate confidence.
Default target: $21.78 (+15.0% upside). Prior stop was $18.52. Stop-loss: $18.52.
Quality below floor (0.9 < 4.0).
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration trades at a P/E of 10.0 (forward N/A). TrendMatrix value score: 9.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
What does Cohen & Steers Limited Duration do?Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income fund launched by Cohen &...
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income fund launched by Cohen & Steers, Inc. The fund is managed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. It invests in fixed income markets across the globe. The fund uses derivatives like interest rate swaps to make its investments. It seeks to invest in companies that are operating across financial sectors including banks, diversified financials, real estate, and insurance industries. The fund primarily invests in floating-rate and fixed-to-floating-rate preferred securities, preferred securities, traditional preferred securities, hybrid-preferred securities, debt securities, and convertible securities. It employs fundamental analysis, with a focus on issuers' creditworthiness, and prevailing market factors to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the BofA Merrill Lynch Capital Securities Index and a composite benchmark of 75% BofA Merrill Lynch Capital Securities Index and 25% BofA Merrill Lynch 7% Constrained Adjustable Rate Preferred Securities Index. Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. fund was formed on May 1, 2012 and is domiciled in the United States.