# BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (BIT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $11.88, market value $678 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 21.2×** (5-yr avg 14.2×, 3-yr avg 14.2×). BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 21.2× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 14.2×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 12.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 12.1×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **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: -22.9%** (5-yr avg 15.3%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 4.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.9%**. 98.9% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 7.0%**. 7.0% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 4.8%**. Each dollar of assets produces 4.8% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 17.1%**. Revenue grew 17.1% over the last year.

## Financial health
- **Cash and short-term investments: $726,249**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 12.49%** ($1.48 per share, trailing). BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 12.49%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 119%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (119% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 3**. 3 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.2%/yr** (1-yr 1.0%). The dividend has grown 0.2% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: -21.0%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return -21.0% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -2.6%** (YTD -2.6%, 3-mo -3.2%). The shares are down 2.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -15.1%** (0.6% above the low). Trading 15% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 34**. An RSI of 34 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.39** (volatility 8%). Beta of 0.39 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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