About BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of the United States companies' debt instruments, including corporate loans, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or unrated debt instruments. The Fund's secondary objective is to provide capital appreciation. Corporate loans include senior and subordinated corporate loans, both secured and unsecured. It invests directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives. The Fund invests in various industries, including aerospace and defense, air freight and logistics, auto components, building products, consumer finance, diversified consumer services, energy equipment and services, healthcare equipment and supplies, household durables and media. BlackRock Advisors, LLC is the investment advisor of the Fund.
Industry, Sector and Symbol:
- Sector: Finance
- Industry: Closed-End Fund - Debt
- Sub-Industry: N/A
- Exchange: NYSE
- Symbol: DSU
- CUSIP:
Key Metrics:
- Previous Close: $3.63
- 50 Day Moving Average: $3.66
- 200 Day Moving Average: $3.57
- 52-Week Range: $3.07 - $3.73
- Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
- P/E Growth: 0.00
- Market Cap: $N/A
- Beta: 0.46
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Consensus Ratings for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) (?) The ratings breakdown includes the most recent rating from each analyst that has rated the stock within the last twelve months. The ratings score is a calculation of the average number of sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings (0-1.5 = Sell, 1.5-2.5 = Hold, 2.5-3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). The consensus price target is a mean average of the most recent price target set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months.| Ratings Breakdown: | No ratings tracked in the last 12 months. |
| Consensus Rating: | N/A (Score: NaN) |
| Consensus Price Target: | N/A |
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Insider Trading History for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU)| Transaction Date | Insider Name | Title | Buy/Sell | Number of Shares | Average Share Price | Total Transaction | Details |
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| 9/26/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 301,800 | $3.60 | $1,086,480.00 |  |
| 7/25/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 100,000 | $3.62 | $362,000.00 | |
| 7/13/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 104,577 | $3.61 | $377,522.97 | |
| 5/3/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 157,814 | $3.51 | $553,927.14 | |
| 4/28/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 20,000 | $3.52 | $70,400.00 | |
| 4/18/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 33,924 | $3.48 | $118,055.52 | |
| 4/14/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 20,419 | $3.46 | $70,649.74 | |
| 4/7/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 50,000 | $3.42 | $171,000.00 | |
| 3/28/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 118,400 | $3.42 | $404,928.00 | |
| 3/18/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 41,848 | $3.46 | $144,794.08 | |
| 3/10/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 76,976 | $3.39 | $260,948.64 | |
| 3/4/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 11,310 | $3.39 | $38,340.90 | |
| 3/3/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 491,666 | $3.36 | $1,651,997.76 | |
| 3/1/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 738,713 | $3.33 | $2,459,914.29 | |
| 2/26/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 1,365,003 | $3.29 | $4,490,859.87 | |
| 2/24/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 550,147 | $3.26 | $1,793,479.22 | |
| 2/19/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 65,276 | $3.21 | $209,535.96 | |
| 2/16/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 260,999 | $3.17 | $827,366.83 | |
| 2/12/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 300,506 | $3.16 | $949,598.96 | |
| 2/9/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 150,500 | $3.21 | $483,105.00 | |
| 1/25/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 100,000 | $3.18 | $318,000.00 | |
| 1/22/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 448,200 | $3.15 | $1,411,830.00 | |
| 1/20/2016 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | Major Shareholder | Buy | 1,057,174 | $3.17 | $3,351,241.58 | |
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
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