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BlackRock Income Trust (BKT) Competitors

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$12.00 +0.06 (+0.50%)
(As of 11:41 AM ET)

BKT vs. HQH, CGBD, BTO, PHK, NXP, ECC, MUJ, PDT, CION, and PEO

Should you be buying BlackRock Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Income Trust include Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), CION Investment (CION), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

BlackRock Income Trust vs.

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

39.4% of BlackRock Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Abrdn Healthcare Investors received 26 more outperform votes than BlackRock Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.08% of users gave Abrdn Healthcare Investors an outperform vote while only 58.43% of users gave BlackRock Income Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock Income TrustOutperform Votes
97
58.43%
Underperform Votes
69
41.57%
Abrdn Healthcare InvestorsOutperform Votes
123
65.08%
Underperform Votes
66
34.92%

In the previous week, BlackRock Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Abrdn Healthcare Investors. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock Income Trust and 1 mentions for Abrdn Healthcare Investors. BlackRock Income Trust's average media sentiment score of -0.50 beat Abrdn Healthcare Investors' score of -1.00 indicating that BlackRock Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Income Trust Negative
Abrdn Healthcare Investors Negative

BlackRock Income Trust has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackRock Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
Abrdn Healthcare Investors N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Income Trust$8.67M29.35N/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Abrdn Healthcare Investors beats BlackRock Income Trust on 5 of the 9 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$254.42M$8.39B$10.57B$20.48B
Dividend Yield8.89%6.44%10.25%3.45%
P/E RatioN/A0.4545.4236.89
Price / Sales29.3515.843,436.9219.15
Price / CashN/A7.0930.7822.41
Price / BookN/A0.913.295.72
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.02B$984.47M
7 Day Performance1.27%1.29%0.27%0.64%
1 Month Performance0.51%1.92%5.55%6.66%
1 Year Performance1.92%11.01%24.57%24.58%

BlackRock Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKT
BlackRock Income Trust
N/A$12.00
+0.5%
N/A+1.9%$255.72MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$17.75
+1.8%
N/A+17.5%$898.51MN/A0.00147,000Negative News
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.648 of 5 stars
$17.39
+0.3%
$16.67
-4.2%
+15.5%$885.33M$241.63M9.68N/A
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$39.26
-0.4%
N/A+39.6%$774.21MN/A0.002,719
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$5.03
+0.2%
N/A+5.0%$735.03MN/A0.00147,000
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.95
-0.4%
N/A+5.9%$699.81MN/A0.0040,400
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
2.5759 of 5 stars
$9.08
-0.1%
$10.00
+10.1%
-4.4%$698.71M$139.07M11.36N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund
N/A$11.94
-0.3%
N/A+6.6%$644.64MN/A0.00N/ANegative News
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.10
-1.0%
N/A+18.4%$644.39MN/A0.00147,000
CION
CION Investment
1.5814 of 5 stars
$11.43
+0.4%
$12.25
+7.2%
+6.1%$609.06M$90.95M7.78N/A
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$23.35
-1.4%
N/A+13.9%$595.66MN/A0.0018

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This page (NYSE:BKT) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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