BLACKROCK AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC
(LEI:549300WWOCXSC241W468)
All information is at 31 October
2024 and unaudited.
Performance
at month end with net income reinvested
|
|
One
Month
|
Three
Months
|
Six
Months
|
One
Year
|
Three
Years
|
Five
Years
|
|
Net
asset value
|
1.9
|
-2.0
|
0.8
|
16.0
|
17.6
|
45.8
|
|
Share
price
|
-2.1
|
-5.5
|
-1.8
|
13.8
|
8.3
|
26.5
|
|
Russell 1000
Value Index
|
3.2
|
2.9
|
7.7
|
23.6
|
30.0
|
63.1
|
At month
end
|
Net
asset value - capital only:
|
215.48p
|
|
Net
asset value - cum income:
|
216.17p
|
|
Share
price:
|
190.00p
|
|
Discount to cum
income NAV:
|
12.1%
|
|
Net
yield1:
|
4.2%
|
|
Total
assets including current year revenue:
|
£155.0m
|
|
Net
gearing:
|
0.4%
|
|
Ordinary shares
in issue2:
|
71,708,970
|
|
Ongoing
charges3:
|
1.03%
|
1 Based on one
quarterly dividend of 2.00p per share declared on 2 November 2023 for the year ended 31 October 2023 and three quarterly dividends of
2.00p per share declared on 14 March
2024, 29 May 2024 and
1 August 2024, for the year ended
31 October 2024 and based on the
share price as at close of business on 31
October 2024.
²
Excluding 28,652,335 ordinary shares held in treasury.
³ The
Company’s ongoing charges calculated as a percentage of average
daily net assets and using the management fee and all other
operating expenses excluding finance costs, direct transaction
costs, custody transaction charges, VAT recovered, taxation and
certain non-recurring items for the year ended 31 October 2023.
|
Sector
Analysis
|
Total
Assets (%)
|
|
Health
Care
|
18.0
|
|
Information
Technology
|
16.5
|
|
Financials
|
16.1
|
|
Consumer
Discretionary
|
10.2
|
|
Communication
Services
|
7.9
|
|
Materials
|
6.6
|
|
Energy
|
6.0
|
|
Industrials
|
5.9
|
|
Consumer
Staples
|
5.8
|
|
Utilities
|
5.1
|
|
Real
Estate
|
2.1
|
|
Net
Current Liabilities
|
-0.2
|
|
|
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|
|
|
100.0
|
|
|
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|
Country
Analysis
|
Total
Assets (%)
|
|
United
States
|
90.4
|
|
United
Kingdom
|
3.4
|
|
France
|
2.2
|
|
South
Korea
|
1.9
|
|
Ireland
|
1.3
|
|
Canada
|
1.0
|
|
Net
Current Liabilities
|
-0.2
|
|
|
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|
|
|
100.0
|
|
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#
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Top 10 Holdings
|
Country
|
% Total Assets
|
|
Citigroup
|
United
States
|
3.5
|
|
Cardinal
Health
|
United
States
|
3.0
|
|
Comcast
|
United
States
|
2.9
|
|
CVS
Health
|
United
States
|
2.8
|
|
Wells
Fargo
|
United
States
|
2.6
|
|
American
International
|
United
States
|
2.5
|
|
Willis Towers
Watson
|
United
States
|
2.5
|
|
First
Citizens BancShares
|
United
States
|
2.4
|
|
Electronic
Arts
|
United
States
|
2.4
|
|
Baxter
International
|
United
States
|
2.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tony DeSpirito, David Zhao
and Lisa Yang, representing the
Investment Manager, noted:
For
the one-month period ended 31 October
2024, the Company’s NAV increased by 1.9% and the share
price decreased by 2.1% (all in sterling). The Company’s reference
index, the Russell 1000 Value Index, returned +3.2% for the
period.
At
the sector level, the largest contributor to relative performance
stemmed from stock selection in communication services, with an
overweight position in media boosting relative performance.
Relative performance was also boosted by security selection in
financials, specifically being overweight in banks. Other modest
contributors during the period at the sector level included
selection decisions in utilities and an underweight allocation to
energy.
The
largest detractor from relative performance stemmed from stock
selection in health care, most notably an overweight position in
health care providers and services. Selection decisions in consumer
discretionary also detracted from relative performance, with an
overweight position in automobile components dragging on relative
performance. Other modest detractors at the sector level included
selection decisions in information technology and consumer
staples.
Transactions
During the month,
the Company’s largest purchases included Air Products and Chemicals
and Walt Disney. The Company exited
its positions in Prudential and Woodside Energy Group.
Positioning
As of
the period end, the Company’s largest overweight positions relative
to the reference index were in the information technology,
communication services and health care sectors. The Company’s
largest underweight positions relative to the reference index were
in the industrials, financials and real estate sectors.
Source:
BlackRock.
28 November 2024
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