BlackRock Income Trust invests mainly in mortgage-backed securities and other high-quality fixed-income holdings. Mortgage borrowers' payments provide income, but refinancing and rate changes can alter its cash flows.
Business
Mortgage-bond funds
Listing
BKT · New York Stock Exchange
Reporting period
2026-06-30
Dividend schedule
Monthly
How the business works
Mortgage interest is the recurring starting point. Prepayments, portfolio reinvestment and financing costs affect what remains for common shareholders. Bond-price moves can change NAV separately from the monthly distribution.
Extras are shown separately and are not assumed to repeat.
Reported earnings
Each measure shown separately, per share
Net investment income$0.22
Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
$0.00$0.22
Distribution yield10.87%Sourced distributions divided by dated market priceReported annual income yield2.26%Reported net investment income $0.2500 per share for 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31, divided by approved 2025-12-31 market price $11.0400. Excludes capital gains; historical, not a current yield or forecast.Reported annual investment income$0.25Per share for 2025 FY. Excludes investment gains.Annual dividend$1.06Current regular payment annualized per share
Reported earnings and sources
Reported earnings for the latest four periods. Compare the same earnings measure across periods; different measures are not added together.
Cash distributions are the total paid per share during each reporting period, including any gains or return of capital. Period lengths may differ, so compare the dates before comparing amounts. Short periods are not annualized.
NAV change excludes distributions. Reported NAV total return includes reinvestment and is copied from the fund statement, not estimated by adding cash distributions to the NAV change.
How to read BKT income
Interest after fund expenses is the main recurring income measure. Compare it with distributions for the same full reporting period.
Watch defaults, interest-rate changes and expenses. Income can hold up while falling bond or loan values reduce NAV.
Income and distributions
Income and cash distributions per share for the same dated periods. Shorter periods are kept separate and are not annualized. Interest after fund expenses is the main recurring income measure. Compare it with distributions for the same full reporting period.
For the first half of 2026, BKT reported $0.22 of net investment income per share against $0.53 distributed. Interest after costs covered less than half the cash paid in that period; investment results and distribution sources should be read separately.
Bond interest, less expenses and financing costs, is the central recurring income source. A declared distribution can include gains or return of capital as well as investment income; its amount is not an earnings figure.
The earnings available to shareholders depend on the cash generated by these activities after operating and financing costs. Portfolio gains, financing proceeds and recurring income should be evaluated separately.
The portfolio information checked September 11, 2026 reports effective leverage of 19.85%.
Financing can increase earning assets, but its cost reduces income available to common shareholders. When borrowing costs rise or portfolio income falls, the distribution can become harder to sustain.
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. reported $0.2200 per share for 2026-01-01 through 2026-06-30, measured as Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized.
Actual per-share reporting period, without annualisation. Net investment income, realized gains, unrealized changes and cash distributions are different measures. This comparison is not the Fly High forward Dividend Coverage Ratio.
Losses or weaker cash generation in mortgage-backed securities can reduce the resources available for future distributions.
Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.
A maintained payment can exceed investment results. Review NAV and reported income together rather than treating distribution yield as total return.
Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.
Compare the next income and distribution totals, then check mortgage prepayments, reinvestment yields, funding costs and NAV.
Net asset value (NAV)
NAV per share$10.24Sep 29, 2026Market price$9.56Sep 29, 2026PREMIUM / DISCOUNT TO NAV6.64% discountCalculated from the displayed same-date values.
NAV is the fund's assets minus liabilities, divided by shares outstanding. All values are USD per share.
Fund reported NAV and market price, both dated 2026-09-29. The premium or discount is calculated from these two reported values. Older audited NAV history remains unchanged.
Compare the next income and distribution totals, then check mortgage prepayments, reinvestment yields, funding costs and NAV.
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U.S. federal · Tax year 2025
Dividend tax treatment
The company's 2025 estimate shows mainly return of capital and ordinary dividends. The mix can change from year to year.
Ordinary, nonqualified
39.78%
Qualified dividends
0%
Capital-gain distributions
0%
Return of capital
60.22%
This 2025 estimate gives you a useful sense of where the cash may land for tax purposes. It may differ from the final forms. Think of it as a guide to the year, then use your own tax statement for the final split.
The company calls this breakdown an estimate. The company explicitly calls these amounts estimates and says they are not for tax reporting. Actual tax character depends on each shareholder's Form 1099-DIV. Never mark these rows final. Your Form 1099-DIV may show a different final mix. See the company's estimate.
Tax year: 2025.
Tax details and source
Total ordinary dividends (includes qualified)
39.78%
Section 199A portion (within ordinary dividends)
Not confirmed
Exempt-interest distributions
Not confirmed
Reporting form
Form 1099-DIV
Source date
Not stated
Qualified dividends are included in total ordinary dividends. Section 199A is a separate designation within ordinary dividends, not extra income or qualified dividend income.
Your account type, holding period and circumstances affect treatment. Use your broker’s tax statement for filing. Return of capital generally reduces cost basis; amounts beyond basis can be taxable. IRS dividend guidance.
