BlackRock Floating Rate Inc Strategies:FRA

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    Overview

    As of 4/25/2025. NAV as of 4/24/2025.

     Share
    Price
    NAVPremium/
    Discount
    Current$12.34$12.360.24%
    52 Wk Avg$13.24$12.922.47%
    52 Wk High$14.50$13.2610.85%
    52 Wk Low$10.90$12.18-7.31%
    Regular Distribution TypeManaged Distribution
    Distribution Rate12.04%
    Distribution Amount$0.1238
    Distribution FrequencyMonthly
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Basic Information

    Investment Objective

    The Fund’s investment objective is to provide stockholders with high current income and such preservation of capital as is consistent with investment in a diversified, leveraged portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate debt securities and instruments (“floating rate debt securities”). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its Managed Assets in floating rate debt securities, including floating or variable rate debt securities that pay interest at rates that adjust whenever a specified interest rate changes and/or which reset on predetermined dates.

    Capital Structure

    As of 4/25/2025

    Total Investment Exposure:$579.580M
    Total Common Assets:$436.365M
    Common Shares Outstanding:35,304,646
    Leverage

    As of 4/24/2025

    Preferred Share Assets:
    Total Debt (USD): $143.214M
    Regulatory Leverage (USD): $143.214M
    Effective Leverage (USD): $143.214M
    Effective Leverage (%): 24.71%
    Annual Expense Ratios

    As of 8/31/2024

      Per Common Share
    Management Fees0.98%
    Other Expenses:0.10%
    Baseline Expense: N/A
    Interest Expense:1.87%
    Total: 2.95%
    Fund Management

    Fund Sponsor
    BlackRock Advisors, LLC

    Portfolio Managers
    David Delbos, Carly Wilson, Abigail Parzanese

    Basics
    Category: Fixed Income - Taxable-Senior Loans
    Ticker: FRA
    NAV Ticker: XFRAX
    Average Daily Volume (shares): 162,569
    Average Daily Volume (USD): $2.146M
    Inception Date: 10/31/2003
    Inception Share Price: $20.00
    Inception NAV: $19.10
    Tender Offer: No
    Term: No
    Fiscal Year End: August 31
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    Distributions

    As of 4/25/2025

    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 12/31/2024
    $0.5615
    Annualized Distribution Rate on NAV:
    As of 4/25/2025
    12.02%
    Total Return on NAV (12 months):
    As of 4/25/2025
    6.03%
    Avg. Portfolio Coupon:
    As of 4/25/2025
    7.68%
    Total % Portfolio Effectively Leveraged:
    As of 4/25/2025
    24.71%

    Pricing Information

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

    As of 4/25/2025

    PeriodAvg Discount
    6 Month4.02%
    1 Year2.47%
    3 Year-4.37%
    5 Year-5.85%
    Z-Score

    As of 4/25/2025

    PeriodZStat
    3 Month-0.45
    6 Month-1.01
    1 Year-0.66
    Pricing History
    Date NAV Premium / Discount

    Performance

    Calendar Year Total Returns

    As of 3/31/2025
    Category: Morningstar US CEF Senior Loans

    Past 20 Years

    Return YearPriceNAVCategory - PriceCategory - NAV
    YTD-3.26%-0.16%-1.90%-1.14%
    202421.83%8.97%15.01%10.58%
    202325.40%14.57%18.44%14.27%
    2022-10.58%-1.85%-14.61%-6.12%
    202117.79%6.13%20.67%7.70%
    2020-2.44%1.70%0.14%1.12%
    201920.82%12.17%18.13%8.70%
    2018-8.29%-2.07%-7.68%-1.95%
    20170.76%4.38%3.80%5.83%
    201618.69%10.89%24.86%18.27%
    20152.28%1.29%-3.65%-4.65%
    2014-2.71%1.88%-2.59%1.36%
    20132.59%8.41%3.18%9.08%
    201221.60%13.48%  
    2011-4.16%2.27%  
    201011.61%13.28%  
    200979.39%69.54%  
    2008-38.16%-43.32%  
    2007-3.61%0.52%  
    200614.77%9.41%  
    2005-1.89%4.26%  
    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 3/31/2025
    Category: Morningstar US CEF Senior Loans

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Portfolio Characteristics

    Portfolio Characteristics
    Average Coupon:
    As of 4/24/2025
    7.68%
    Number of Holdings:
    As of 12/31/2024
    493
    Annual Portfolio Turnover:
    As of 8/31/2024
    36.00%
    Asset Allocation

    As of 12/31/2024

    Top Sectors

    As of 12/31/2024

    Sector%Portfolio
    Corporate (Super Sector)91.57%
    Bank Loan72.29%
    Corporate Bond19.26%
    Cash Equivalents2.72%
    Cash Equivalents (Super Sector)2.72%
    Securitized (Super Sector)2.58%
    Asset Backed2.58%
    Preferred Stock0.01%
    Non Agency Residential Mortgage Backed0.00%
    Convertible0.00%
    Top Holdings

    As of 12/31/2024

    HoldingValue% Portfolio
    Invesco Senior Loan ETF$11.26M2.45%
    Medline (Medline Borrower Lp)$6.38M1.39%
    Dun & Bradstreet (Dun & Bradstreet$6.29M1.37%
    HUB INTERNATIONAL (HUB INT LTD)$4.93M1.07%
    ZAYO GROUP HOLDING / FRONT RANGE$4.71M1.03%
    SOLERA LLC (POLARIS NEWCO LLC)$4.56M0.99%
    GENESYS (GNSYS CLOUD HLDNG II LLC)$4.50M0.98%
    FERTITTA ENTERTAINMENT LLC$4.39M0.95%
    ASSUREDPARTNERS (ASSUREDPTNRS INC)$4.38M0.95%
    Ssb Loc Overnight Libor Facility$-142.00M-30.89%
    Credit Quality

    As of 12/31/2024

    Maturity Breakdown

    As of 12/31/2024

    Country Allocation

    As of 12/31/2024

    Country% Portfolio
    United States - Fixed Income8.12%
    Others - Fixed Income1.48%
    United Kingdom - Fixed Income0.75%
    Germany - Fixed Income0.44%
    China - Fixed Income0.23%
    Canada - Fixed Income0.13%
    United States - Equity0.09%
    France - Fixed Income0.01%
    Israel - Fixed Income0.01%
    Netherlands - Fixed Income0.01%
    Italy - Fixed Income0.01%
    Australia - Fixed Income0.01%
    Japan - Fixed Income0.01%
    Ireland - Fixed Income0.00%
    United Kingdom - Equity0.00%
    Sweden - Fixed Income0.00%
    Belgium - Fixed Income0.00%
    Hong Kong - Fixed Income0.00%
    Austria - Fixed Income0.00%
    Germany - Equity0.00%
    Switzerland - Fixed Income0.00%
    Canada - Equity0.00%
    Greece - Fixed Income0.00%
    Spain - Fixed Income0.00%
    Singapore - Fixed Income0.00%
    Czech Republic - Fixed Income0.00%

    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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