BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust (BUI)

• Market cap: $507M
• 1 day: 2.08%
• 5 days: -4.16%
• 1 month: -2.67%
• 3 months: -5.48%
• 6 months: 1.48%
• Year to date: 2.78%
• 1 year: 6.71%
• 5 years: 0.67%
• 10 years: 9.51%

About: BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities issued by companies that are engaged in the Utilities, Infrastructure and Power Opportunities business segments anywhere in the world and by employing a strategy of writing (selling) call and put options.

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

28% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 23 | Existing positions reduced: 18

17% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 7 | Existing positions closed: 6

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 61 [Q2] → 62 (+1) [Q3]

3.28% less ownership

Funds ownership: 18.51% [Q2] → 15.23% (-3.28%) [Q3]

8% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $92.2M [Q2] → $85M (-$7.18M) [Q3]