NYSE:BGT - BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust Stock Price, News, & Analysis

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BGT."

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.062 per share on Friday, November 30th. This represents a $0.74 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 14th. View BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust's Dividend History.

Media coverage about BGT stock has trended neutral on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust earned a news impact score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the investment management company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wells Fargo & Company MN (4.23%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.00%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (0.00%), LLBH Private Wealth Management LLC (0.00%), Jaffetilchin Investment Partners LLC (0.58%) and LPL Financial LLC (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust.

BGT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Rockland Trust Co., Doliver Capital Advisors LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, LPL Financial LLC, Cornerstone Advisory LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust.

BGT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LLBH Private Wealth Management LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Jaffetilchin Investment Partners LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Comerica Securities Inc., Optimum Investment Advisors and MML Investors Services LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust.

Shares of BGT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BGT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.79.

The official website for BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust is https://www.blackrock.com/investing/products/240195/blackrock-floating-rate-income-trust-usd-fund.