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BlackRock Science and Technology Trust

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BlackRock Science and Technology Trust

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FinancialsOpen End and Miscellaneous Investment Vehicles
  • Price (USD)39.68
  • Today's Change-0.42 / -1.05%
  • Shares traded91.18k
  • 1 Year change+2.14%
  • Beta1.2662
Data delayed at least 15 minutes, as of Feb 13 2026 21:00 GMT.
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About the company

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (the Trust) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust's investment objective is to provide income and total return through a combination of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, approximately 80% of its total assets in equity securities of the United States (U.S.) and non-U.S. science and technology companies in any market capitalization range. It seeks to pursues this goal primarily by investing in a portfolio of equity securities and also by employing a strategy of writing (selling) call and put options. The Trust invests in various industries, including software, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, information technology (IT) services, financial services, broadline retail, entertainment, and diversified consumer services. The Trust's investment manager is BlackRock Advisors, LLC.

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)5.22m
  • Net income in USD165.70m
  • Incorporated2014
  • Employees--
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
(5 yr avg)
Net profit margin (TTM)Net Profit margin
(5 yr avg)
Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
(5 yr avg)
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(YOY change %)
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(5 yr growth rate)
Net income
(YOY change %)
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(5 yr growth rate)
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(5 yr growth rate)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Oppty Fund111.18m26.23m1.25bn--53.330.9988--11.200.19880.19880.946210.610.0535--2.72--1.260.66671.270.675961.7664.6323.6012.99--1.620.3942559.321.838.91-89.86----1.52
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund-100.00bn-100.00bn1.25bn0.00------------------------------------------------------------
Franklin BSP Capital Corp420.79m68.32m1.28bn494.0018.78----3.050.50580.50583.11--0.1009--15.26851,805.701.79--1.93--44.5351.4217.8031.83--1.910.5453136.61336.4811.07120.72-2.38----
Virtus Dividend Intrst & Prem Strtg Fd-100.00bn-100.00bn1.30bn0.00------------------------------------------------------------
DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund159.82m108.96m1.32bn--12.180.9296--8.290.94940.94941.3912.440.0854--3.51--5.823.785.983.8374.1977.5768.1844.59--12.930.217202.868.27-5.43-58.85-----6.43
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund11.46m129.73m1.34bn--10.340.9793--117.102.662.660.234728.070.0082--61.57--9.2411.069.4111.08-0.79864.081,131.941,261.65----0.000346.1611.282.23-2.278.77--3.13
ASA Gold and Precious Metals Ltd3.98m664.07m1.34bn0.003.842.32--337.5518.6418.640.111330.830.0051--1.90--85.8327.4585.8827.4793.5393.1016,684.054,742.03----0.000.468785.9924.47475.9730.06--41.63
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund403.72m145.00m1.37bn0.009.570.7737--3.401.651.654.6020.410.1045--10.30--3.755.233.855.3747.2050.9035.9151.61--4.740.539129.6713.14---6.69------
Capital Southwest Corp226.75m105.25m1.37bn30.0013.791.3612.246.051.651.623.6016.750.1161--67.837,558,167.005.395.205.415.2371.5374.7346.4245.95--5.540.5186132.7614.7726.93-15.28----8.36
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust5.22m165.70m1.38bn--8.310.9757--264.094.774.770.150340.670.0037--0.717--11.768.9811.839.01-158.41-236.583,176.323,049.08----0.0084.67-3.258.06-6.164.46--10.85
BlackRock Tchnlgy nd Prvt Eqty Trm Trst7.73m28.27m1.38bn--41.370.8581--178.780.15660.15660.03727.550.0043--1.43--1.58--1.59---191.01--365.59------0.0074--23.77---83.12------
Blackrock Corporate High Yield Fund Inc-100.00bn-100.00bn1.44bn--------------------------------------------------------------
Blackrock Municipal 2030 Target Trm Trst84.74m54.45m1.46bn--26.690.941--17.200.85430.85431.3324.230.0353--4.08--2.270.4682.360.50150.7462.1164.2613.85----0.3535373.931.32-2.0516.71-11.96---5.65
Prospect Capital Corporation671.29m-356.19m1.47bn----0.4912--2.19-0.8458-0.84581.209.620.0975--79.30---3.403.46-3.453.5255.3153.28-34.8832.78--0.58360.2874156.29-16.512.90-502.78-----5.11
Central Securities Corp27.06m214.05m1.49bn6.007.030.89386.9555.037.337.330.926557.630.0171--34.24--13.5112.7613.5512.78----790.95658.96----0.0041.5511.755.7028.772.79----
Data as of Feb 13 2026. Currency figures normalised to BlackRock Science and Technology Trust's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

11.69%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (Investment Management)as of 31 Dec 20251.29m3.72%
Invesco Capital Management LLCas of 30 Sep 2025443.76k1.28%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (Invt Mgmt)as of 30 Sep 2025415.79k1.20%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLCas of 30 Sep 2025374.59k1.08%
1607 Capital Partners LLCas of 30 Sep 2025322.62k0.93%
LPL Financial LLCas of 31 Dec 2025300.76k0.87%
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.as of 30 Sep 2025295.27k0.85%
RBC Capital Markets LLC (Investment Management)as of 30 Sep 2025257.31k0.74%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Invt Mgmt)as of 30 Sep 2025181.68k0.52%
Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLCas of 31 Dec 2025173.87k0.50%
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