# Blackrock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (BDJ) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $9.52, market value $1.7 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 5.7×** (5-yr avg 7.2×, 3-yr avg 7.2×). Blackrock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust trades at 5.7× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 7.2×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 6.0×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 6.0×.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 8.9%** (5-yr avg 13.5%). Free cash flow equals 8.9% of the market value, below its five-year average of 13.5%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 17.4%**. The inverse of the P/E: 17.4% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.6%**. 99.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 16.1%**. 16.1% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 15.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 15.9% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 67.1%**. Revenue grew 67.1% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 78.4%**. Earnings per share rose 78.4%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -9.3%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -9.3% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 7.80%** ($0.74 per share, trailing). Blackrock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust yields 7.80%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 54%** (100% of free cash flow). 54% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 1**. 1 straight year of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 7.4%/yr** (1-yr 26.4%). The dividend has grown 7.4% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 12.7%** (YTD 5.2%, 3-mo -3.1%). The shares are up 12.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -4.3%** (13.1% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 47**. An RSI of 47 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.63** (volatility 12%). Beta of 0.63 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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