Blackrock Income Trust

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$9.67+$0.02 (+0.21%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $9.65

About BKT

Blackrock Income Trust Inc is a US-based company operating in industry. BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to manage a portfolio of securities to achieve both preservation of capital and high monthly income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 65% of its assets in mortgage-backed securities. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in securities that are issued or guaranteed by the United States government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities or rated at the time of investment either AAA by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Aaa by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc (Moody’s). The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. The Fund invests in various sectors, including agency mortgages, United States government-related, securitized products, cash and/or derivatives and others. The Fund's investment adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLC.

Employees
0
Headquarters
Wilmington, Maryland
Listed
Jul 22, 1988
Sector
N/A
Industry
N/A

BKT key statistics

Market cap
311.26M
Price-earnings ratio
12.60
Dividend yield
9.92%
Average volume
173.54K
Volume
149.84K
Open price
$9.66
High today
$9.68
Low today
$9.64
52 Week high
$11.28
52 Week low
$9.42

Blackrock Income Trust (BKT) at a glance

Blackrock Income Trust (BKT) last traded at $9.67, with a market cap of 311.26M, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.60 and a dividend yield of 9.92%.

Today the stock has traded between $9.64 and $9.68. The current price is 0.3% above the day's low and 0.1% below its high.

Volume so far is 149.84K shares, in line with the average of 173.54K shares a day.

Over the past year Blackrock Income Trust has ranged from $9.42 to $11.28, and now sits 13% of the way up that range.

BKT news

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    BlackRock Income Trust (BKT) Provides Update on its Discount Management Program

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    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

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