BLACKROCK AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC (LEI:549300WWOCXSC241W468)
All information is at 31 January 2026 and unaudited.
Performance at month end with net income reinvested
 

                                      One   Three  Six    One  Three
                                                                     Five Years
                                      Month Months Months Year Years

Net asset value                       2.8   4.8    13.3   10.4 24.9  68.7

Share price                           2.6   9.0    18.4   18.1 34.0  78.6

Russell 1000 Value Index              2.5   3.5    9.6    4.9  31.8  80.6

Russell 1000 Value Index (Net 15% WHT 2.5   3.4    9.5    4.6  30.5  77.7
Total Return)*

*The Company’s performance reference index (the Russell 1000 Value Index) may be calculated on either a gross or a net return basis. Net return (NR) indices calculate the reinvestment of dividends net of withholding taxes using the tax rates applicable to non-resident institutional investors and hence give a lower total return than indices where calculations are done on a gross basis. As the Company is subject to the same withholding tax rates for the countries in which it invests, the NR basis is felt to be the most accurate, appropriate, consistent and fair comparison of performance returns for the Company.

 

At month end

Net asset value - capital only:              236.23p

Net asset value - cum income:                236.89p

Share price:                                 234.00p

Discount to cum income NAV:                  1.2%

Net yield1:                                  5.7%

Total assets including current year revenue: £133.6m

Net cash:                                    0.1%

Ordinary shares in issue2:                   56,412,138

Ongoing charges3:                            0.73%

 

1 Based on one quarterly dividend of 3.03p per share declared on 15 May 2025, one quarterly dividend of 3.23p per share declared on 07 August 2025 and one quarterly dividend of 3.44p per share declared on 03 November 2025 for the year ended 31 October 2025 and based on one quarterly dividend of 3.55p per share declared on 02 February 2026 for the year ending 31 October 2026, and based on the share price as at close of business on 31 January 2026.

² Excluding 38,949,167 ordinary shares held in treasury.

³ The Company’s ongoing charges calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets and using the management fee and all other operating expenses excluding finance costs, direct transaction costs, custody transaction charges, VAT recovered, taxation and certain non-recurring items for the year ended 31 October 2025.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Analysis        Total Assets (%)

Financials             22.1

Industrials            15.0

Information Technology 14.3

Health Care            10.6

Communication Services 8.4

Consumer Discretionary 7.8

Consumer Staples       7.3

Energy                 5.1

Materials              3.3

Utilities              2.7

Real Estate            2.7

Net Current Assets     0.7

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Country Analysis       Total Assets (%)

United States          99.3

Net Current Assets     0.7

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Top 10 Holdings    Country       % Total Assets

Alphabet           United States 4.7

Amazon             United States 2.8

JPMorgan Chase     United States 2.7

Walmart            United States 2.5

Berkshire Hathaway United States 2.3

Bank Of America    United States 2.1

Micron Technology  United States 2.1

Procter & Gamble   United States 2.1

Chevron            United States 1.9

Morgan Stanley     United States 1.8

Travis Cooke and Muzo Kayacan, representing the Investment Manager, noted:

 

For the month ended 31 January 2026, the Company gained 2.8% of its NAV, outperforming the Russell 1000 Value Index by 0.3% net of fees.

 

In January 2026, U.S. large-cap equities advanced modestly, with leadership broadening beyond the narrow concentration seen late last year. Value oriented stocks outperformed as investors rotated toward more attractively priced areas of the market, while gains within technology became more selective. Performance reflected resilient economic data, stable rates and continued - though more discriminating - enthusiasm around AI-related themes.

 

Active return was driven almost entirely by stock selection with Information Technology and Health Care leading contributions, while Energy and Consumer Discretionary were the main detractors.

 

Stock-level performance was driven by a combination of thematic, macro and cross-sector linkage signals. Semiconductor and storage holdings including Micron, Lam Research, SanDisk and Western Digital benefited from growth-timing and sector linkage signals amid improving earnings revisions, tight memory markets and sustained AI-related capital expenditure. In Healthcare, Abbott and Moderna were supported by thematic and sentiment signals tied to pipeline developments and improving risk appetite in biotech. Constellation Energy performed well on structural demand and power pricing signals, while Wells Fargo benefited from macro signals consistent with a stable rate environment.

 

Machine learning remained additive in signal selection, particularly within linkage frameworks and macro indicators such as structural labour mobility trends, as well as through creating more effective signal combination overall.

 

Source: BlackRock.

 

26 February 2026

 

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