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BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST)

Specialty Equity Funds - Covered Call Funds

Data as of April 18, 2024
Current
Market Price $33.96 (- $0.29)
NAV (April 18, 2024) $34.89 (- $0.36)
Fund Listed NYSE
Premium / Discount -2.67% (+0.17%)
Fund Info
Inception Oct. 29, 2014
Sponsor BlackRock Advisors
Website www.blackrock.com/inve...
Phone 1-800-882-0052
NAV Symbol XBSTX
Location Delaware
Incorporated Delaware
Staggered Board Yes
Term Date N/A
Objective: Current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation; Equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. science and technology companies
Related Indexes
15 Major CEF Sectors Index
Equity Income Index
60/40 Balanced (w/ BDCs) Index
Covered Call / Option Funds Index
All Sector Equity CEF Index
Alternative Income Index
Capital & Leverage
Outstanding Shares 34,702,827
Total Assets (Reported: Dec. 31, 2023) $1,221M
Estimated Total Assets $1,211M
Net Assets $1,211M
Market Cap $1,179M
Portfolio Turnover 32.00%
Total Leverage 0.00%
Structural Leverage (out of total) 0.00%
Portfolio Leverage (out of total) 0.00%
Expense Ratio 1.09%
Non Lev Exp Ratio 1.09%
Rel Lev Cost %
Discount Data
Average Discount (3 Yr) -0.56%
Discount Low(3 Yr) -7.48%
Discount High(3 Yr) 11.94%
Discount Rel Range (3 Yr) 24.79%
Comp Discount 5.78
Discount St Dev (1Yr) 1.43
Z-Stat
Z-Stat (6mo) -1.48
Z-Stat (1Yr) -1.78
Z-Stat (3Yr) -0.58
Comp Z-Stat (6mo) -0.97
Comp Z-Stat (3Yr) 0.80
Distribution Data
Market Yield 8.83%
Income Yield 0.00%
Lev Adj NAV Yield 8.60%
Distribution Frequency M
Current Distribution $0.250
Current Income $0.000
Ex-Date 4/12/24
Payable Date 4/30/24
Div Growth (3yr) 10.62%
Dividend Change 10.6% on 10/1/21
Expected Div 5/1/24
RoC (1yr) 33.83%
RoC (3yr) 22.70%
Tax Dividend Data 2023 2021 - 2023
Income 0% 0%
ST Gains 0% 0%
QDI 0% 0%
LT Gains 49.3% 73.7%
RoC 50.7% 26.3%
Volume & Liquidity
Average Daily $ (K) $3,533
Avg Volume 30 day 96,940
Avg Volume 90 day 104,047
Volume Trend -6.83%
Comp Volume Trend -6.87%
Correlation & Volatility
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. S&P 500 (TR)
70.0%
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. CEFA's 12 Major CEF Sectors Index
72.0%
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. CEFA's Covered Call / Option Funds Index
87.0%
Most Correlated Peer (Mk Pr): EOS 86.0%
NAV - Price Correlation (30 d) 91.0%
NAV - Price Correlation (90 d) 76.5%
NAV - Price Correlation (1 Yr) 96.6%
Price St Dev (1Yr) 17.5%
NAV St Dev (1Yr) 13.7%
Earnings
Earnings / Share (12/31/23) $-0.020
Earn Coverage 0.00%
Earnings Trend Down
UNII / Share (12/31/23) $-0.000
Rel UNII
UNII Trend Up
Performance
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. S&P 500 (TR)
1.11
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. CEFA's 12 Major CEF Sectors Index
1.28
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. CEFA's Covered Call / Option Funds Index
1.17

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