BST — BlackRock Science & Technology Trust

US equity
49.57 +0.77% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 35.12 · high 50.71

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Performance

1 day+0.77%
1 week-0.50%
1 month+8.37%
3 months+8.18%
6 months+23.74%
Year to date+22.03%
1 year+28.62%
3 years+51.59%
5 years-8.25%

Technicals

RSI 1465.6
vs 50-day avg+3.66%
vs 200-day avg+15.78%
Volatility 1y22.6%
Max drawdown 1y-20.31%
Avg volume 30d88.4K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)8.48%
Paid last 12m6.7556
Payments in 12m15
Paying since2016-01-13

⚠ Includes an irregular or special distribution — this yield is unlikely to repeat.

Measured signals that fired on BST

datesignal measured base rate
2026-05-06Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-17Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-02-05Kim Tony
Open-market purchase22.4K38.90873.1K
2026-02-05Kim Tony
Open-market purchase1.2K38.8746.6K
2026-01-30Kim Tony
Disposition to issuer8.3K40.94340.4K
2026-01-30Menge Steven Reid
Disposition to issuer56440.9423.1K
2026-01-30Menge Steven Reid
Option exercise564
2026-01-30Kim Tony
Option exercise8.3K
2026-01-23Kim Tony
Open-market purchase16.0K40.70651.2K
2025-02-20Kim Tony
Open-market purchase10.3K38.78398.0K
2025-02-14Kim Tony
Open-market purchase24.0K38.81931.4K
2025-01-31Kim Tony
Disposition to issuer19.1K37.86722.4K

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
MORGAN STANLEY46.7M1.3M
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC28.5M783.4K
Karpus Management, Inc.20.5M562.9K
Invesco Ltd.14.9M408.6K
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC14.1M388.2K
Z3 Capital Partners, LLC14.1M388.2K
1607 Capital Partners, LLC13.6M374.8K
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/10.2M280.1K
LPL Financial LLC10.0M274.7K
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA9.9M273.4K

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 →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
32026-08-052026-08-01on EDGAR ↗
POS EX2026-05-29on EDGAR ↗
424B52026-05-29on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-05-282026-03-31on EDGAR ↗
N-2ASR2026-04-23on EDGAR ↗
N-CEN2026-03-132025-12-31on EDGAR ↗
N-CSR2026-03-052025-12-31on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-02-242025-12-31on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d38.1% 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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