BKT — BLACKROCK INCOME TRUST, INC.

US equity
10.44 +0.38% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 10.18 · high 11.83

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Performance

1 day+0.38%
1 week+0.19%
1 month+1.95%
3 months+0.58%
6 months-5.86%
Year to date-5.43%
1 year-11.15%
3 years-10.69%
5 years-45.54%

Technicals

RSI 1462.5
vs 50-day avg-0.21%
vs 200-day avg-3.09%
Volatility 1y7.9%
Max drawdown 1y-13.95%
Avg volume 30d116.9K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)10.98%
Paid last 12m1.1466
Payments in 12m13
Paying since2016-02-11

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-01-30Kraeger Matthew
Disposition to issuer4.1K11.1045.3K
2026-01-30Kramvis Nicholas Andrew
Disposition to issuer2.0K11.1022.7K
2026-01-30Kraeger Matthew
Option exercise4.1K
2026-01-30Kramvis Nicholas Andrew
Option exercise2.0K
2025-01-31Kraeger Matthew
Disposition to issuer72111.628.4K
2025-01-31Kraeger Matthew
Option exercise721
2024-10-29Harris Stayce D.
Director
Open-market purchase1011.80118
2024-01-31Sion Ron
Disposition to issuer6.4K12.1778.0K
2024-01-31Kraeger Matthew
Disposition to issuer1.4K12.1717.0K
2024-01-31Sion Ron
Option exercise6.4K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Karpus Management, Inc.19.6M1.9M
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC12.5M1.2M
MORGAN STANLEY10.3M974.4K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC9.9M935.1K
LPL Financial LLC6.0M565.7K
BDF-GESTION3.9M4.1K
MELFA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.3.9M370.3K
Invesco Ltd.3.4M323.2K
1607 Capital Partners, LLC2.9M277.8K
Rock Point Advisors, LLC2.8M268.4K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d36.1% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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