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BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Inc

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BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Inc

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FinancialsClosed End Investments
  • Price (USD)10.52
  • Today's Change-0.02 / -0.19%
  • Shares traded79.43k
  • 1 Year change+9.58%
  • Beta0.6890
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About the company

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to seek 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 investment objective is to provide capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the Fund's total assets will be invested in debt instruments. The Fund may invest directly in debt instruments or synthetically using derivatives. The Fund has no restrictions on portfolio maturity or duration of the debt securities in which it may invest. Up to 20% of the Fund's total assets may be invested in distressed securities, which includes debt securities and corporate loans. Investment manager of the Fund is BlackRock Advisors, LLC.

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)--
  • Net income in USD--
  • Incorporated1997
  • 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)
Revenue
(YOY change %)
Revenue
(5 yr growth rate)
Net income
(YOY change %)
Net income
(5 yr growth rate)
Capital expenditure
(5 yr growth rate)
Dividend
(5 yr growth rate)
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund48.90m47.93m467.99m--9.760.887--9.571.451.451.4816.000.0675--2.50--6.61--9.04--59.37--98.02------0.2055--183.02--89.63------
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III-100.00bn-100.00bn470.84m--------------------------------------------------------------
abrdn World Healthcare Fund12.78m37.62m474.60m--12.581.06--37.150.99320.99320.335211.730.0222--4.48--6.533.716.583.78-6.2819.07294.44180.74----0.2116215.115.47-1.33159.873.10---0.4599
BlackRock Ltd Duration Income Trust-100.00bn-100.00bn478.71m0.00------------------------------------------------------------
Acacia Research Corp125.10m55.14m483.49m170.0028.670.85086.393.860.16880.16881.335.690.22411.622.82735,894.1012.358.2214.2210.3383.6780.0155.1063.9619.67--0.0175--111.24-0.9935141.45--183.16--
BlackRock MuniYield Fund Inc37.44m15.50m486.60m--31.390.8673--13.000.33890.33890.816517.760.0419--3.48--1.74--1.77--57.26--41.40----3.790.0595--------------
Nuveen New Jersey Quality Mncpl Inc Fund-100.00bn-100.00bn488.99m--------------------------------------------------------------
Invesco Trst fr Invstmt Grd Nw Yrk Mncpl-100.00bn-100.00bn490.45m--------------------------------------------------------------
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Inc-100.00bn-100.00bn491.27m--------------------------------------------------------------
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust41.17m-651.22k492.35m0.00--0.8761--11.96-0.0123-0.01230.778510.630.0443--3.36---0.07010.4582-0.07220.460757.7667.84-1.5811.44--0.97330.3409607.97-1.46-5.17-1,830.45-----5.40
Thornburg Income Builder Opportunts Trst28.11m104.60m494.38m--4.730.9073--17.593.263.260.876216.980.0544--36.52--20.25--20.37--74.93--372.13------0.00--0.0323--192.83------
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II40.27m15.70m495.41m0.0031.560.8505--12.300.32890.32890.838912.200.0442--15.89--1.72-0.54661.74-0.55350.6467.2438.98-14.20--4.590.3012--7.349.8496.90-----11.10
Columbia Seligman Prmm Tchnlgy Grwth Fnd-100.00bn-100.00bn497.93m--------------------------------------------------------------
Nuveen Dow 30SM Dynamic Overwrite Fund12.85m-27.30m498.59m----0.8469--38.79-0.7508-0.75080.353416.190.0203--85.26---4.303.28-4.383.3358.6060.40-212.43151.54--0.20980.00180.475.85-3.30-129.73----1.57
Gladstone Investment Corporation128.58m67.38m501.03m74.007.011.07--3.901.991.993.8013.010.1522--24.141,737,500.007.987.768.368.0348.5657.7252.4052.81--18.830.473471.136.099.11-65.26-10.15--3.74
Invesco Municipal Trust43.87m-90.42m510.19m----0.8665--11.63-1.63-1.630.792910.640.0408--2.76---8.410.4941-8.510.496762.9068.33-206.1012.40--0.2320.3868555.45-0.4846-4.78-3,278.49-----7.37
Data as of Apr 19 2024. Currency figures normalised to BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Inc's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

18.73%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (Investment Management)as of 31 Dec 20234.33m9.30%
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.as of 31 Dec 2023900.69k1.93%
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLCas of 31 Dec 2023765.06k1.64%
Oak Hill Advisors LPas of 31 Dec 2023613.84k1.32%
LPL Financial LLCas of 31 Dec 2023466.11k1.00%
Invesco Capital Management LLCas of 31 Dec 2023462.07k0.99%
Elevated Capital Advisors LLCas of 31 Dec 2023425.47k0.91%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Invt Mgmt)as of 31 Dec 2023324.54k0.70%
Invesco Investment Advisers LLCas of 31 Dec 2023240.50k0.52%
Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors LLCas of 31 Dec 2023199.26k0.43%
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