BlackRock Enhanced Dividend Achievers:BDJ

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    Overview

    As of 12/24/2024

     Share
    Price
    NAVPremium/
    Discount
    Current$8.40$9.09-6.98%
    52 Wk Avg$8.29$9.18-9.77%
    52 Wk High$9.07$9.58-3.64%
    52 Wk Low$7.65$8.68-12.81%
    Regular Distribution TypeManaged Distribution
    Distribution Rate8.84%
    Distribution Amount$0.0619
    Distribution FrequencyMonthly
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Basic Information

    Investment Objective

    The Trust’s primary investment objective is to provide current income and current gains, with a secondary objective of long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and have the potential for capital appreciation and by utilizing an option writing strategy to enhance distributions to its shareholders. Under normal market conditions, the Trust invests at least 80% of its total assets in dividend-paying equities and may invest up to 20% of its total assets in equity securities of issuers that do not pay dividends.

    Capital Structure

    As of 12/24/2024

    Total Investment Exposure:$1,597.980M
    Total Common Assets:$1,597.811M
    Common Shares Outstanding:176,944,689
    Leverage

    As of 12/25/2024

    Preferred Share Assets:
    Total Debt (USD): $0.169M
    Regulatory Leverage (USD): $0.169M
    Effective Leverage (USD): $0.169M
    Effective Leverage (%): 0.01%
    Annual Expense Ratios

    As of 12/31/2023

      Per Common Share
    Management Fees0.80%
    Other Expenses:0.06%
    Baseline Expense: N/A
    Interest Expense:0.00%
    Total: 0.86%
    Fund Management

    Fund Sponsor
    BlackRock

    Portfolio Managers
    Christopher M. Accettella, David Zhao, Tony DeSpirito, Kyle McClements

    Basics
    Category: Equity-Covered-Call Funds
    Ticker: BDJ
    NAV Ticker: XBDJX
    Average Daily Volume (shares): 492,944
    Average Daily Volume (USD): $4.078M
    Inception Date: 8/26/2005
    Inception Share Price: $15.00
    Inception NAV: $14.30
    Tender Offer: No
    Term: No
    Fiscal Year End: December 31
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    Distributions

    As of 12/24/2024

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Distribution History

    Enter declared start and end dates to display distribution history below. Income, Long Gain, Short Gain and ROC breakdowns will only be shown for the past year.

    Declared Date Payable Date Ex Date Distrib Amount Income Long Gain Short Gain ROC

    *Indicates a Special Distribution: A distribution disbursed in addition to the normal distributions paid out by the company.

    Key Information Regarding Distributions
    Avg. Earnings Per Share:
    As of 6/30/2024
    $0.0928
    Annualized Distribution Rate on NAV:
    As of 12/24/2024
    8.23%
    Total Return on NAV (12 months):
    As of 12/24/2024
    20.41%
    Total % Portfolio Effectively Leveraged:
    As of 12/24/2024
    0.01%

    Pricing Information

    Premium/Discount Information
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Premium/Discount Information

    As of 12/26/2024

    PeriodAvg Discount
    6 Month-8.51%
    1 Year-9.77%
    3 Year-5.93%
    5 Year-6.46%
    Z-Score

    As of 12/25/2024

    PeriodZStat
    3 Month0.21
    6 Month0.95
    1 Year1.59
    Pricing History
    Date NAV Premium / Discount

    Performance

    Calendar Year Total Returns

    As of 11/30/2024
    Category: Morningstar US CEF Covered Call

    Past 20 Years

    Return YearPriceNAVCategory - PriceCategory - NAV
    YTD25.97%16.20%21.88%18.45%
    2023-6.69%9.72%13.04%18.33%
    20220.78%-3.83%-14.68%-13.17%
    202130.04%19.08%28.89%20.78%
    2020-7.66%0.02%4.93%7.90%
    201938.74%24.23%28.63%22.38%
    2018-10.41%-7.16%-11.75%-7.93%
    201720.77%14.58%23.10%16.38%
    201615.28%13.10%8.90%8.17%
    20150.64%0.27%1.86%0.11%
    20149.59%7.75%7.53%4.80%
    201318.92%17.73%19.68%17.79%
    201210.98%10.55%14.03%10.09%
    2011-10.32%5.71%  
    201011.23%12.98%  
    200922.54%8.27%  
    2008-17.23%-22.63%  
    2007-18.60%-6.30%  
    200631.76%16.17%  
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Annualized Total Returns

    Returns for periods less than one year are cumulative rather than annualized

    As of 11/30/2024
    Category: Morningstar US CEF Covered Call

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Portfolio Characteristics

    Portfolio Characteristics
    Number of Holdings:
    As of 6/30/2024
    95
    Annual Portfolio Turnover:
    As of 12/31/2023
    43.00%
    Asset Allocation

    As of 6/30/2024

    Top Sectors

    As of 6/30/2024

    Sector%Portfolio
    Sensitive (Super Sector)36.58%
    Defensive (Super Sector)30.04%
    Cyclical (Super Sector)29.78%
    Financial Services21.22%
    Healthcare18.06%
    Technology15.14%
    Energy7.72%
    Industrials7.36%
    Consumer Defensive7.21%
    Communication Services6.37%
    Top Holdings

    As of 6/30/2024

    HoldingValue% Portfolio
    Wells Fargo & Co$62.52M3.67%
    Citigroup Inc$52.10M3.06%
    American International Group Inc$44.34M2.60%
    First Citizens BancShares Inc Class A$42.04M2.47%
    Fidelity National Information Services Inc$41.52M2.44%
    Shell PLC$39.73M2.33%
    Micron Technology Inc$39.68M2.33%
    L3Harris Technologies Inc$38.84M2.28%
    CVS Health Corp$38.38M2.25%
    BP PLC$38.34M2.25%
    Country Allocation

    As of 6/30/2024

    Country% Portfolio
    United States - Equity77.69%
    United Kingdom - Equity10.16%
    France - Equity1.85%
    Japan - Equity1.69%
    Germany - Equity1.15%
    Canada - Equity1.12%
    Netherlands - Equity1.01%
    Switzerland - Equity0.84%
    Taiwan - Equity0.53%
    China - Equity0.36%
    Thailand - Equity0.00%

    Closed-end fund historical distribution sources have included net investment income, realized gains, and return of capital. For more detailed information on the distributions of a specific fund, please visit the sponsor's website.

    NOTES:

    Distribution type sourced from Morningstar. In general, managed distributions may be sourced from net investment income, realized gains and return of capital. CEFConnect.com does not undertake to disclose specific information about closed-end fund distribution sources. For specific information about a fund's distribution sources, visit the fund sponsor's website.

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