BlackRock Income Trust (BKT) Competitors $11.53 -0.04 (-0.35%) As of 01:16 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends BKT vs. AWF, CGBD, HQH, PHK, ECC, CCAP, BTO, NXP, PDT, and MUJShould 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), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BlackRock Income Trust vs. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Eagle Point Credit Crescent Capital BDC John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund 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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability. Which has more volatility & risk, AWF or BKT? AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% 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. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AWF or BKT? 39.4% of BlackRock Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AWF or BKT? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund$152.17M6.05N/AN/AN/ABlackRock Income Trust$8.67M28.35N/AN/AN/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AWF or BKT? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundOutperform Votes12667.38% Underperform Votes6132.62% BlackRock Income TrustOutperform Votes9758.43% Underperform Votes6941.57% Does the media favor AWF or BKT? In the previous week, BlackRock Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock Income Trust and 1 mentions for AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund. BlackRock Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund's score of 1.16 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) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive 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 Is AWF or BKT more profitable? 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 Is AWF or BKT a better dividend stock? AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. BlackRock Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. SummaryAllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund and BlackRock Income Trust tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BKT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBlackRock Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$245.68M$8.45B$11.51B$19.47BDividend Yield9.15%6.81%5.72%3.67%P/E RatioN/A0.4425.0640.26Price / Sales28.3514.6827.6320.08Price / CashN/A7.0318.6121.28Price / BookN/A0.902.595.51Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.04B$992.21M7 Day Performance0.09%0.96%0.46%4.50%1 Month Performance-4.97%-3.78%-3.46%0.08%1 Year Performance-5.18%4.37%12.52%16.56% BlackRock Income Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BKTBlackRock Income TrustN/A$11.53-0.3%N/A-4.8%$245.68M$8.67M0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementPositive NewsAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.72-0.4%N/A+5.6%$924.39M$152.17M0.00N/APositive NewsCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.6618 of 5 stars$18.10-0.6%$16.67-7.9%+15.7%$921.40M$107.43M10.11N/APositive NewsHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.51-0.2%N/A-3.0%$835.82M$186.46M0.00147,000PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.95+0.4%N/A-0.6%$723.33M$92.95M0.00147,000Dividend AnnouncementECCEagle Point Credit3.501 of 5 stars$9.13-0.1%$10.00+9.5%-6.5%$702.54M$130.04M11.41N/AAnalyst ForecastCCAPCrescent Capital BDC2.269 of 5 stars$18.94-1.8%$19.17+1.2%+10.1%$701.95M$104.15M7.43N/ADividend IncreasePositive NewsBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$35.20-0.6%N/A+15.1%$694.92M$132.65M0.002,719NXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$14.84-0.6%N/A-0.3%$694.74M$75.19M0.0040,400Dividend AnnouncementNegative NewsPDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.72-0.7%N/A+16.5%$625.63M$198.30M0.00147,000Dividend AnnouncementMUJBlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality FundN/A$11.26-0.3%N/A-2.4%$607.88M$29.93M0.00N/ADividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AWF Alternatives CGBD Alternatives HQH Alternatives PHK Alternatives ECC Alternatives CCAP Alternatives BTO Alternatives NXP Alternatives PDT Alternatives MUJ Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:BKT) was last updated on 1/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners Is Starlink Set For The Largest IPO In History?He turned PayPal from a tiny, off-the-radar startup… to a massive $64 billion giant. 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