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BlackRock Income Trust (BKT) Competitors

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BKT vs. AWF, BBDC, PFLT, HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, NXP, PDT, and ASA

Should 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), Barings BDC (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

BlackRock Income Trust vs.

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (NYSE:AWF) and BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE:BKT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

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

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund$152.17M6.03N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock Income Trust$3.59M67.42N/AN/AN/A

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AllianceBernstein Global High Income FundOutperform Votes
126
67.38%
Underperform Votes
61
32.62%
BlackRock Income TrustOutperform Votes
97
58.43%
Underperform Votes
69
41.57%

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Income Trust has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 9.3%.

In the previous week, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock Income Trust. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat BlackRock Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Positive
BlackRock Income Trust Neutral

Summary

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund beats BlackRock Income Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BKT vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Income TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$242.06M$6.91B$11.49B$19.37B
Dividend Yield9.14%6.78%5.46%3.84%
P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4834.23
Price / Sales67.4221.7827.2834.85
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51
Price / BookN/A0.892.794.69
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.56%-0.52%0.34%-1.34%
1 Month Performance0.80%4.88%8.69%9.79%
1 Year Performance-3.57%-0.23%537.74%3.27%

BlackRock Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKT
BlackRock Income Trust
N/A$11.36
-1.0%
N/A-2.1%$242.06M$3.59M0.00N/A
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.76
+1.0%
N/A+1.4%$927.84M$152.17M0.00N/APositive News
Upcoming Earnings
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.336 of 5 stars
$8.68
+1.3%
$9.00
+3.7%
-5.6%$914.42M$123.59M8.3426News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.4899 of 5 stars
$10.23
+1.4%
$11.38
+11.2%
-8.3%$899.35M$114.06M7.30658
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.64
+2.9%
N/A-7.5%$842.40M$186.46M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.79
-0.7%
N/A-0.4%$818.38M$99.89M0.00147,000
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.6604 of 5 stars
$14.00
+2.4%
$14.75
+5.4%
-19.1%$713.40M$99.28M7.82N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$34.47
+3.2%
N/A+21.4%$680.47M$142.41M0.002,719
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.19
-0.4%
N/A-2.6%$664.26M$75.19M0.0040,400News Coverage
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.77
+0.1%
N/A+9.5%$627.85M$198.30M0.00147,000News Coverage
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$28.59
-6.9%
N/A+55.5%$615.37M$118.94M0.001,100Positive News

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