BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (NYSE:BTZ) Announces $0.08 Monthly Dividend

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (NYSE:BTZ) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, September 10th. Investors of record on Friday, December 11th will be given a dividend of 0.0839 per share by the investment management company on Tuesday, December 22nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 10.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 11th.

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of BTZ opened at $9.77 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $10.12 and a 200-day moving average of $10.18. BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust has a 52 week low of $9.70 and a 52 week high of $11.18.

About BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust

BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (NYSE: BTZ) is a closed-end management investment company sponsored by BlackRock Fund Advisors. The trust seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income, as well as the potential for capital appreciation, through an actively managed portfolio of credit and income-producing securities. BTZ primarily focuses on instruments that offer attractive yields while aiming to preserve capital over the long term.

The portfolio is diversified across a broad spectrum of credit sectors, including investment-grade corporate debt, high-yield bonds, leveraged bank loans, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities.