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Profile - BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE:BKT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Dividend payment of $0.047
Aug 23Price hit new 52-week high ($7.58)
Location
Gateway Center Three
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (800) 227-7236
Employees (last reported count): 686
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 ·Industry: Misc. Financial Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 2% (2% of float)
(30 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 39.0K shares (+3.15%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (the Trust) is a diversified, actively managed closed-end bond fund whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BKT. The Trust's investment objective is to provide high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. The Trust seeks this objective by investing primarily in mortgage-backed securities backed by United States Government agencies (such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae) and, to a lesser extent, United States Government securities, asset-backed securities and privately issued mortgage-backed securities.
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Financial Summary
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end bond fund with investments primarily in mortgage-back securities backed by U.S. Government agencies. For the six months ended 4/30/01, interest income totaled $17.1 million. Net investment income totaled $14.7 million. Net increase in net assets resulting from operations totaled $24.5 million. Net asset value per share rose from $7.23 on 10/31/00, to $7.34 on 4/30/01.
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Officers

Position
Laurence Fink, 47Chairman and Chief Exec. Officers
Ralph Schlosstein, 49Pres
Scott Amero, 36VP
Keith Anderson, 40VP
Michael Huebsch, 41VP
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BKTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Dec-2000
$6.313
Recent Price$7.46 
52-Week High
on 23-Aug-2001
$7.58 
Beta0.05 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)112.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)116.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+14.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+54.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$468.9M
Shares Outstanding62.9M
Float62.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.56 
Dividend Yield7.53%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$7.34 
Earnings (ttm)$0.89 
Earnings (mrq)$0.38 
Sales (ttm)$0.56 
Cash (mrq)$0.00 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.02 
Price/Earnings (ttm)8.37 
Price/Sales (ttm)13.32 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$35.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$31.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$56.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)158.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)86.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsOct 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.80%
Return on Equity (ttm)12.56%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$71.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short40.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
47.0K
Short Ratio0.33 
Daily Volume120.0K
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