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BlackRock Income Trust (BKT) Competitors

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BKT vs. AWF, PFLT, CGBD, HQH, BTO, PHK, CCAP, NXP, ECC, and PDT

Should you be buying BlackRock Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Income Trust include AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

BlackRock Income Trust vs.

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (NYSE:AWF) and BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE:BKT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund received 29 more outperform votes than BlackRock Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 58.43% of users gave BlackRock Income Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AllianceBernstein Global High Income FundOutperform Votes
126
67.38%
Underperform Votes
61
32.62%
BlackRock Income TrustOutperform Votes
97
58.43%
Underperform Votes
69
41.57%

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund and 1 mentions for BlackRock Income Trust. BlackRock Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund's score of 0.19 indicating that BlackRock Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
BlackRock Income Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackRock Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

39.4% of BlackRock Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. BlackRock Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Income Trust has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund beats BlackRock Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BKT vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$248.79M$8.22B$11.62B$20.06B
Dividend Yield9.10%6.74%5.38%3.65%
P/E RatioN/A0.5024.1434.91
Price / SalesN/A14.2326.3215.74
Price / CashN/A7.5418.1520.85
Price / BookN/A1.042.604.93
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.26%-0.18%-1.27%-0.92%
1 Month Performance0.56%1.43%0.34%-1.26%
1 Year Performance-0.64%6.06%15.37%14.15%

BlackRock Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKT
BlackRock Income Trust
N/A$11.66
+0.3%
N/A-0.8%$248.48MN/A0.00N/A
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.94
-0.3%
N/A+6.1%$942.93MN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
1.6846 of 5 stars
$11.05
+0.0%
$12.00
+8.6%
-0.8%$919.28M$186.35M7.72658Ex-Dividend
Positive News
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.2019 of 5 stars
$17.66
-4.0%
$17.00
-3.7%
+16.9%$899.07M$241.63M9.87N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$17.75
-0.6%
N/A+3.7%$898.59M$186.46M0.00147,000Positive News
Gap Down
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$37.63
-1.7%
N/A+26.7%$742.72MN/A0.002,719Upcoming Earnings
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.98
+0.1%
N/A-0.1%$726.99M$92.95M0.00147,000
CCAP
Crescent Capital BDC
2.5904 of 5 stars
$19.57
-0.5%
$19.33
-1.2%
+11.6%$725.26M$184.13M7.67N/AEarnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.96
-0.3%
N/A+0.3%$700.12M$75.19M0.0040,400News Coverage
Positive News
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
2.9707 of 5 stars
$8.76
-2.1%
$10.50
+19.9%
-11.7%$673.68M$130.04M10.94N/AEarnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.81
-0.3%
N/A+16.8%$629.88MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BKT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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