# Blackrock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $12.55, market value $491 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 19.9×** (5-yr avg 7.8×, 3-yr avg 7.8×). Blackrock Limited Duration Income Trust trades at 19.9× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.8×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 10.3×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 10.3×, 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: 13.2%** (5-yr avg 8.7%). Free cash flow equals 13.2% of the market value, above its five-year average of 8.7%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 5.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.7%**. 98.7% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 8.6%**. 8.6% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 5.5%**. Each dollar of assets produces 5.5% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 4.2%**. Revenue grew 4.2% over the last year.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -4.6%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -4.6% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Cash and short-term investments: $2 million**. 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: 10.82%** ($0.68 per share, trailing). Blackrock Limited Duration Income Trust yields 10.82%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 106%** (77% of free cash flow). The dividend exceeds earnings (106% payout), though free cash flow still covers it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 3**. 3 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 2.9%/yr** (1-yr 2.3%). The dividend has grown 2.9% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 4.3%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 4.3% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -2.8%** (YTD -2.9%, 3-mo 4.2%). The shares are down 2.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -11.9%** (4.1% above the low). Trading 12% 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): 43**. An RSI of 43 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.34** (volatility 9%). Beta of 0.34 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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