Summary
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust is a mutual fund run by BlackRock. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day.
- Yearly costs
- 1.11%
- Fund size
- $1.66B
- Dividend yield
- 12.28%
- Running since
- 2014
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $1.66B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.8%.
- It has been running since 2014.
What to watch
- Costs of 1.11% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 54% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -16%
- 3 months
- -11%
- This year
- +5.8%
- 1 year
- +1.3%
- 3 years
- +29%
- 5 years
- -23%
- 10 years
- +132%
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $111
- Over 20 years
- $5,081
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $111 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $5,081.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +8.8%
- Deepest drop
- -54%
- Yearly volatility
- 26%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.8%. Deepest drop in these years: 54% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 12.28%
- Payments a year
- 11
- Last payment
- $0.25
Over the last 12 months it paid $5.30 per share, which is 12.28% of today's price. The last payment was $0.25 on Oct 15, 2026.