# BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund Inc. (CII) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $23.33, market value $1.0 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 4.0×** (5-yr avg 4.8×, 3-yr avg 4.8×). BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund Inc. trades at 4.0× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 4.8×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 4.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 4.9×.
- **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: 10.3%** (5-yr avg 12.7%). Free cash flow equals 10.3% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 12.7%. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 25.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 25.2% 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: 22.4%**. 22.4% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on assets: 20.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 20.4% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 66.2%**. Revenue grew 66.2% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 77.6%**. Earnings per share rose 77.6%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 5.3%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 5.3% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $664**. 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: 7.25%** ($2.31 per share, trailing). BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund Inc. yields 7.25%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 40%** (79% of free cash flow). 40% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 29.8%/yr** (1-yr 213.5%). The dividend has compounded at 29.8% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 2 years at that pace.
- **Shareholder yield: 9.4%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 9.4% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 10.4%** (YTD 3.6%, 3-mo -5.3%). The shares are up 10.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -10.9%** (14.2% above the low). Trading 11% 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): 0.95** (volatility 17%). Beta of 0.95 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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