# The BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (BKT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $10.23, market value $331 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 27.6×** (5-yr avg 42.7×, 3-yr avg 42.7×). The BlackRock Income Trust Inc. trades at 27.6× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 42.7×: cheap by its own standards. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 13.0×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 13.0×, 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: -21.7%** (5-yr avg 17.9%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 3.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 97.0%**. 97.0% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 6.7%**. 6.7% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 4.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 4.6% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 612.5%**. Revenue grew 612.5% over the last year.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 10.35%** ($0.53 per share, trailing). The BlackRock Income Trust Inc. yields 10.35%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 106%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (106% 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): -2.9%/yr** (1-yr 0.2%). The dividend has not grown over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: -15.9%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return -15.9% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -5.0%** (YTD -1.9%, 3-mo -0.4%). The shares are down 5.0% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -13.7%** (0.7% above the low). Trading 14% 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): 40**. An RSI of 40 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.23** (volatility 8%). Beta of 0.23 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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